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Summary: The Dumbwaiter meets Absolutely Fabulous
Review: Someone suggested this movie that I might normally would not have chosen. It took a few scenes before I warmed up to it. This is a very funny and grimy movie. If you are as squeamish as I am, it can make your skin crawl, but it compensates with some very good acting and a creative script that must have been adapted from a play. If you need cheering up and you are the perky sort, this might not be the pick-me-up you need, but it can be a hoot. Richard E. Grant always challenges my disbelief. He has that angelic face that can really take you for a ride. Paul McGann is good as well as the other character actors. It is not a favorite movie, but I highly recommend it if you have not seen it already.
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Summary: Highly UNRECOMMENDED
Review: Am i the only one one who found this movie like having a tooth pulled out with a pair of pliers? That boring.
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Summary: I Must Have Some Booze NOW!!!
Review: Oh my God! Get ready for your sides to hurt! We Yanks all ways seem to feel like we are missing something with the Stereotypicle British Dry Humor genra. Not here! If you only watched it once, you'd still remember it forever. And laugh everytime you do. They vent on "vacation by misstake" I bought this by misstake, but glad I did. Get It!!!! ;-)
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Summary: We Have Gone on Holiday by Mistake!
Review: Wonderfully dark and biting british comedy about 2 struggling actors in the late 60's who decide for some unknown reason to utilize an uncle's country estate to clear thier minds. Sounds good right? Well, if you are an alcoholic who has never had to do much for himself in the way of feeding yourself or for that matter starting a fire in an old victorian stove, then you could be in a world of hurt. Which is exactly where our two boys find themselves. Incredibly witty from beginning to end, although I must admit the amount of drinking at times made me feel like I had a hangover. Evidently, it is rather popular to play a drinking game while watching this..they drink, you drink...oh dear oh dear.Richard E. Grant, as ususal, gives a masterful performance at "Withnail" and Paul McGann is the perfect counter-part as "I" (we never do know his name), he gives a sense of stability, which is still incredibly unstable really. The escapades they encounter with the locals and adapting to the "country life" is hilarious. It always helps if you are a paranoid alcoholic as well!!! Cheers!
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Summary: My Favourite All Time Film
Review: All I can say is this is my favourite film of all time, I have seen it many times, I have the video but now I MUST own the DVD, just to know that I have it forever. This film is funny, moving(there'll be a lump in your throat at the end I promise)and heartwarming, the acting is faultless and it has never been bettered. One of those rare gems which comes along and enritches us all. Low budget, no special effects. Just well written, well acted and beutiful locations. BUY THIS AND OWN A CLASSIC. Ahhhhhh what a film
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Summary: Funny, harsh, dark cult movie
Review: I took a chance on seeing this film based on internet reviews. And I am happy that I did. This movie is a character piece with a very basic plot. It is incredibly quotable and funny. Yet, it does show some harsh realism of alcohol addiction.
Criterion's production history is stellar, so I'm sure that the DVD sound and picture quality are as buffed as possible. Unfortunately, it is still somewhat suboptimal by today's digital and DTS standards. The special features are excellent and funny, too!
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Summary: Gritty cult movie
Review: Withnail and I is the kind of movie that has a huge cult following over here in Britain, although surprisingly there are still many people who haven't seen it. It concerns two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and I (Paul McGann), who take a weekend break in a cottage on loan from Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths). Whilst there everything that could go wrong does, leading to a peculiarly fitting conclusion. The humour is undoubtedly caustic as well as being undeniably British in its sharp take on situation comedy. This is probably best summed up by saying that you don't know whether you should be sympathetic for the characters or laugh at them. Despite this biting humour though, which in itself makes it worth a watch, the excellent acting is obviously of note. Richard E. Grant is one of the those actors that everyone has seen in one or two films but can't really figure out why he's so famous. Well this is it. His performance as Withnail is the kind of career-defining performance that is all too hard to come by. He manages to express comedy, self-loathing, bitterness and humanity in what is perhaps one of the most realistic performances of the 80's. Of course, Paul McGann's performance never really launched him into the stratosphere, although on many counts it's hard to see why: although in a much less showy role than Grant, he is just as good in the role that he plays as the more sympathetic 'I' of the title. All in all this is a movie that once seen will not be forgotten. In addition to being completely original, very very funny in an unconventional way, it comes complete with heart (particularly in the end) and is a genuine cult film that thoroughly deserves its status.
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Summary: We've come on holiday by mistake
Review: Judging from the other comments in this column, this is still a film that gets people all het up and it's not too hard to see why. From the opening scene in a dilapidated Camden flat, it's fairly clear that here is new ground being ploughed as never before. What grants Withnail and I its special charm is its bleak honesty, its poetic vulgarity and unrivalled performances from the principal cast. Richard E Grant has never since turned in as resonant or accomplished a performance, nor is it likely that Richard Griffiths will ever top the preposterous Uncle Monty. I think that with this film, a number of things - script, thoughtful casting and what can only be termed mood - all came together to create a masterpiece. Enjoy it. They don't some along too often.
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Summary: There is a certain Joi ne se qua, a special something...
Review: If you can get past the fact that Richard Grant played Rooster in Annie and the grand Madam in the Rocky Horror Picture Show...made afterwards, but probably seen by most of the free world before Withnail and I, you can see the stunning performance of fresh youth and all the potential it brought with it that landed him more auspicious title roles, past his beginning as a firm, young carrot. Richard Grant is TRULY a "Master Thespian" (Ho-ho-ho!) Do watch this flick with a good bottle of Sherry and a fine cigar, or else a Stewarts Key Lime Soda and a 7-11 Gas Station classic, the Hostess Cherry Pie...either duo will put you in that special frame of mind - a right, silly old slapper. CHIN-CHIN!!
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Summary: Great movie
Review: Very well done and very funny. It is one of those British
movies that you are glad has engish sub titles, though. Ken
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