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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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English, American, Yorkshire Terriers and a Fish
Review of A Fish Called Wanda (Special Edition) by kgray71

Advantages: English mean comedy
Disadvantages: Cruelty to animals

...even the 2nd film, not a sequel, Fierce Creatures was even better, but that's another review. When I saw this advertised on TV, I knew I had to buy it and my partner, to my horror said that he had never seen it and knowing his type of humour, I knew he would enjoy this. The Plot Wanda, Ken Otto, and George are jewel thieves and hide the stash away for a while until they can leave the country, but really Wanda and Otto are trying to ... Read review

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21.02.2006

DON'T CALL ME STUPID !!!!!!!!!!!
Review of A Fish Called Wanda (Special Edition) by donovan74

Advantages: AN ABSOLUTLEY SPOT ON BRITISH COMEDY
Disadvantages: SEQUEL WAS DISAPPOINTING 'FIERCE CREATURES'

A Fish Called Wanda is a superb comedy which is about a group of thieves ( Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin and Tom Georgeson ) who steal some diamonds but not all goes to plan. John Cleese plays Archie Leach a lawyer who fools head over heels for Wanda Gershwitz one of the thieves ( Jamie lee curtis ) and finds himself getting mixed up with trouble from the rest of the mob. A totally tremendous performance by Kevin Kline who plays Otto ... Read review

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28.08.2006
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Fish Called Wanda
Review of A Fish Called Wanda (Special Edition) by 05lonst

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: None

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 ... Read review

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