this be a major disappointment for me . i have always be a fan of walter matthau and robin williams and director michael ritchie and but not even the three of them together could breathe any life into this dry film . williams character and donald and be a neurotic and bumbling idiot who be unforgivably paranoid and and his relentless struggle to make some sense out of his life simply isn not funny nor interesting . sonny paluso ( matthau ) be a sour old fart who and of course and eventually warm up to donald ( aaaaaaawwwwwwhhhhhh ) . i go to see this with a friend and and and aside from two other people and we be the only one in the entire cinema not a bit surprising . the world accord to garp be a much good representation of williams early 80 effort . a for matthau and ritchie and stick with the bad news bear .