A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.

　　路易斯·温索普三世（丹·艾克罗伊德 Dan Aykroyd饰），一位功成名就的华尔街投资家。黑人比利·雷·瓦伦丁（艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy饰），一个为了讨口饭吃而装扮成残废军人沿街乞讨的流浪汉。两个生活在天壤之别世界里的人，居然因为一次打赌而改变了他们的命运。路易斯在兰道夫莫蒂默公爵兄弟公司里工作，有着显赫的地位和优厚的待遇。比利在一次警察的追捕中误入上等俱乐部，遇见了路易斯。而路易斯将他交给了警察，目睹全过程的莫蒂默公爵兄弟对此事持有不同的观点，竟用打赌的方式将二人的身份和地位调换，一场荒诞不羁的命运互换随即上演。
　　本片荣获1984年第56届奥斯卡金像奖最佳歌曲提名，1984年第41届金球奖电影类-音乐喜剧类最佳影片提名及最佳男主角提名。

　　迈克·李的《与此同时》描述了撒切尔夫人时代英国的经济衰退，是这位编剧兼导演在电视领域开创性工作的巅峰之作。他利用紧张的接触来打破菲尔·丹尼尔斯和蒂姆·罗斯饰演的兄弟俩枯燥乏味的日常生活，其中包括与一个努力成为中产阶级的一本正经的阿姨(玛丽安·贝利)，与一个快要发疯的喋喋不休的光头党(抢镜的加里·奥德曼，这是他第一个主要角色)，这令兄弟俩越来越不满。《与此同时》由迈克·李如今标志性的即兴创作过程以及贝克特式摇摆不定的对话节奏推动，是对领取失业救济金的生活的一种无情的、往往极其有趣的观察。

　　A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.

　　迈克·李的《与此同时》描述了撒切尔夫人时代英国的经济衰退，是这位编剧兼导演在电视领域开创性工作的巅峰之作。他利用紧张的接触来打破菲尔·丹尼尔斯和蒂姆·罗斯饰演的兄弟俩枯燥乏味的日常生活，其中包括与一个努力成为中产阶级的一本正经的阿姨(玛丽安·贝利)，与一个快要发疯的喋喋不休的光头党(抢镜的加里·奥德曼，这是他第一个主要角色)，这令兄弟俩越来越不满。《与此同时》由迈克·李如今标志性的即兴创作过程以及贝克特式摇摆不定的对话节奏推动，是对领取失业救济金的生活的一种无情的、往往极其有趣的观察。

　　路易斯·温索普三世（丹·艾克罗伊德 Dan Aykroyd饰），一位功成名就的华尔街投资家。黑人比利·雷·瓦伦丁（艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy饰），一个为了讨口饭吃而装扮成残废军人沿街乞讨的流浪汉。两个生活在天壤之别世界里的人，居然因为一次打赌而改变了他们的命运。路易斯在兰道夫莫蒂默公爵兄弟公司里工作，有着显赫的地位和优厚的待遇。比利在一次警察的追捕中误入上等俱乐部，遇见了路易斯。而路易斯将他交给了警察，目睹全过程的莫蒂默公爵兄弟对此事持有不同的观点，竟用打赌的方式将二人的身份和地位调换，一场荒诞不羁的命运互换随即上演。
　　本片荣获1984年第56届奥斯卡金像奖最佳歌曲提名，1984年第41届金球奖电影类-音乐喜剧类最佳影片提名及最佳男主角提名。