"Back on the Strip" is worth seeing for its hardworking cast.

Despite some amusing moments, it never really takes off, burdened by a tiresome romantic subplot that periodically stops the movie dead in its tracks.

This lean team effort is Sanders’ directorial debut, and he gets the laughs. Strip away the pomp and polish of a bigger-budget project, and that’s all that matters.

Unfortunately, this comedy is hampered by jokes that seem both stale (as in they would have been fresher in the early 1990s) and off-putting...