Who wouldn't love the opportunity to see if they could spend 30 million bucks in 30 days and have nothing to show for it? I wish I had that opportunity. What a brilliant concept. You're poor, unknown rich relative dies, you can have 1 million now or spend 30 million in 30 days while not buying a single asset to inherit 300 million. That would be awesome. Brewster (Pryor) is the inheritor, but he cannot tell anyone the stipulations of the contract. He is a minor league pitcher with dreams that will soon expire due to his age. His best friend and Catcher (Baseball/not gay) is Spike (John Candy). They do everything together including spending the money. They rent out a penthouse, hire staff, have pitching practice in the hall, and blow through money so fast, it is sickening. He does want to catch the eye of the accountant keeping track of everything, but can't seem to get her to look at him as anything other than irresponsible. It really shows how difficult this task would be, especially with the lawyers against him. See, if he fails, they get the 300m, and Brewster gets nothing. I love he orchestrates for his minor league team to play against the pro team for practice. He just wants to be a pro and this is as close as he is gonna come. He knows that, so in this case, money does buy happiness. At one point he breaks the rules and buys an extremely rare stamp for 100k. The suits think they win, because he now has an asset. Then they receive a postcard with said stamp now worthless due to postmark. Brilliant. By the end, a couple things have changed in Brewster's life. He now hates money, but he doesn't want the suits to win, He took his old life for granted, he wished none of this ever happened, and though the smoke stacks are directly behind the field he plays at 4 days a week, he never actually had any idea a man from the MK Ultra tests named Jerry is being held there. Hilarious movie with two of the greatest comedic minds of all time.
NBM rates Brewster's Millions - Phenomenal
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