Fish Called Wanda

Production Year: 1988 - Comedy - Director: Charles Crichton - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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In A FISH CALLED WANDA, veteran director Charles Crichton and scriptwriter-star John Cleese create a dazzling quilt from various strands of English and American comedy. The plot,...
more...in which four disparate characters attempt a daring heist, comes from Ealing caper comedies, such as Crichton's own THE LAVENDER HILL MOB. Cleese and Michael Palin, as the hit man with a stutter and a love of animals, come from the anarchic tradition of Monty Python. The movie pays savage tribute to another Ealing comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as Palin attempts to kill a witness to the gang's getaway. The glamorous con woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) is from Preston Sturges's great comedy THE LADY EVE, while Kevin Kline provides his own unique feverish comic intensity.
But, in the midst of this breathless comedy, something else happens. The barrister, Archie Leach (Cleese), who is defending one of the gang, is jolted out of his tight-laced British existence by Curtis's life force. And Curtis--like Barbara Stanwyck in THE LADY EVE--falls into her own trap: falling in love with the man she's conning. The 78-year-old Crichton never before had such rich material. He times everything in this brilliant comedy with the precision of a Swiss watch.

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Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Standard
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Funny
Disadvantages:	None

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a fish called wanda is a classic film that is really funny and is about a bunch of crooks that have stolen alot of moneys worth of diamonds and they are all getting involved with a crazy american. who is planning to keep it all for him and his girl friend but they have the probem that his girl freind like another man who she meets and there is this big conflict. it is a helarios film and i advise it to everyone. There are some very good one linners and they are very funny and if anyone has any nights at home that is the film that you should get and you would hopefully enjoy it as much as i did.

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How does it compare to others by the same director?	Good
Value for Money	Good
What format are you reviewing?	DVD

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