This film had potential. Steve Martin was hilarious in THE JERK and was excellent in a more conventional comedic role in L.A. STORY.But MIXED NUTS just lays there. Script is banal, unfunny, and unoriginal. I've repeatedly seen the same "jokes" and setups in a UCLA Extension comedy writing class I've taken a few times.Parker Posey is wasted. She's got two lines in the beginning of the film, and two at the end. Two minutes screen time total.The setup of a suicide clinic on Chistmas Eve is ignored. Instead we get listless subplots concerning "wacky" characters. Steve Martin's mousy co-worker secretly loves him. Julliette Lewis provides the co-worker with a red dress, so then Steve notices her. There's also a fruitcake that nobody wants. People keep passing it on throughout the film.Ha, ha. Gotta love a film with a running fruitcake joke.