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Summary: Not Monty Python, but funny
Review: I LOVE Monty Python AND John Cleese teaches part-time here at Cornell, so when he gave a talk and mentioned the plot of AFCW, I thought I'd check it out. It was great seeing a couple of the Python troup in a non-Python role. Be warned, although the movie is very funny (7.8 out of 10) it's not at all the same type of humour as Python. My absolute favorite part, which doesn't give anything about the movie away, is near the end when John Cleese imitates an American accent. Usually we see comedians here making fun of British, French, and other foreign accents, so it was fun to see someone try to imitate us here in the States. I'd say this is a MUST RENT no matter what and a MUST BUY for anyone who likes British humour and/or wants to see Cleese do something different.
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Summary: A Classic Comedy
Review: This movie is so extremely funny! It will appeal to Monty Python fans and Monty Python haters alike. This is because it isn't really "Pythonesque" in its humor, but Python fans will enjoy seeing John Cleese and Micheal Palin in different roles. I love this movie because the plot twists and turns; you never know who's going to end up with Wanda or the fortune until the very, very end. It's so well acted, too. Kevin Kline deserved the Oscar he won for it! You'd never guess Palin didn't have a stutter in real life, he acts so well. I'd reccomend this movie to anyone in the mood for a good laugh.
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Summary: Quite simply the best comedy film in decades.
Review: This movie is, in a word, hilarious. I defy anyone to watch it and not have tears streaming down their face from laughter. It's one of those classic, uproariously insane comedies in the Monty Python style, just plain crazy funny. I am an animal lover but even the part where the poodles that get annihilated was hilarious and Michael Palin's reactions to that are beyond funny. This is one movie that is guaranteed to make you scream with laughter. I have seen it about a dozen times and it still makes me laugh till I cry.
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Summary: It's k-k-ken, coming to k-k-kill me!
Review: When I first heard about this movie, I thought it would be stupid (who ever heard of a film with a name like "A Fish Called Wanda"?) but rest assured, this is the greatest movie! It had me rolling around on the floor the first time I saw it, and I find that when I watch it agin the effect has not lessened on me one bit. This movie has super actors, I mean, they're all just great. I also love this movie because while it is packed with plenty of wonderous Monty Python humor, it is also a little bit more serious, and you feel a real closeness and affection (or, in Otto's case, hatred) for the characters. It's great fun, with super dialogue and a good ending (which is sometimes rare in comedies). There may be a couple raunchy scenes and some cursing in "Wanda", but it's all halarious. This is a movie for everyone. It's my all time favorite. I love it. A huge hooray for Kevin Kline, Jaimie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, and especially John Cleese.
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Summary: A real cult movie in its genre!
Review: John Cleese a veteran of that famous ensemble , Kevin Kline who won an academy Award by this role and Jamie Lee Curtis star possibly one of the top comedies of that decade (together with Buffet froid and Consuming passions) with irreverent doses of black humour and unexpected situations. You are forewarned about Wanda who has something under his hat that eventually can offend you.
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Summary: This film has not aged well.
Review: And this one is a prime example. Klunky klunky humor. Kevin Kline was one lucky dude to cop the oscar that year because he's really stilted & studied in this. What's-her-name Curtis does her usual flaunting of the then-buffed bod & 2-dimensional cartoon broad impersonation.
As for Cleese, everyone's allowed one Hollywood copout. Fawlty Towers & Python will endure forever!
Amazing what we thought was great entertainment in the fun 1980s!
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Summary: THE BEST COMEDY....
Review: ... of the 80s and ranks as an all-time high. My father has worn out several copies and luckily it`s on dvd now hehehe. Kevil Kline leads a stellar cast; I am giving flower-greetings to the entire cast and crew. Enough said.
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Summary: terrific movie
Review: Mr. Kline is a great actor in everything he is in and he's in this with Michael Palin and Jamie Lee Curtis. "A Fish Called Wanda" is very good. I can't really think of much to say about this movie, but just that it's cool. That's all I can really say to describe this movie. It is not boring, or anything either. You will be entertained the whole time!
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Summary: Not Monty Python, but funny
Review: I LOVE Monty Python AND John Cleese teaches part-time here at Cornell, so when he gave a talk and mentioned the plot of AFCW, I thought I'd check it out. It was great seeing a couple of the Python troup in a non-Python role. Be warned, although the movie is very funny (7.8 out of 10) it's not at all the same type of humour as Python. My absolute favorite part, which doesn't give anything about the movie away, is near the end when John Cleese imitates an American accent. Usually we see comedians here making fun of British, French, and other foreign accents, so it was fun to see someone try to imitate us here in the States. I'd say this is a MUST RENT no matter what and a MUST BUY for anyone who likes British humour and/or wants to see Cleese do something different.
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Summary: Stands the test of time
Review: I still remember the first time I saw that crazy heist caper called A Fish Called Wanda. My high school drama class went to see a sneak preview double feature of Wanda and Monkey Shines (which I will only go as far as to say that it was pretty awful) and I was floored. I knew about Monty Python and has all the episodes that my PBS affiliate would broadcast, but was relatively unfamiliar with any work the troupe's members had done outside of the series (I don't even think I had seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail yet), except for a late-night cable run-in with Michael Palin's The Missionary, a mild sex comedy about a missionary and a home for fallen women. I had no idea what to expect. Palin had always been my favorite Python (and still is), so I was very curious to see what he would do outside the Python realm. I got more than I bargained for. Written by John Cleese from a story by Cleese and director Charles Crichton (various Ealing comedies including The Lavender Hill Mob), A Fish Called Wanda is a comedy about four crooks (Jamie Lee Curtis: Wanda, Kevin Kline: Otto, Tom Georgeson: George, and Michael Palin: Ken) who are all trying to double-cross each other by linking with other members of the group. Wanda in particular has the cards stacked in her favor, as she is--in one way or another--attempting to seduce all three men. The humor comes from several directions. As the old lady is the only one who can ID any of them, George asks Ken to eliminate her. Unfortunately, he keeps killing her pet dogs instead--one at a time. As an animal lover, this leaves Ken in no end of distress. Very black humor, indeed. Meanwhile, Otto is trying to get information from Ken by pretending to be gay. Ken isn't either, but Otto doesn't seem to care. He continues to come on to him. (Kline won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year for his performance as Otto.) Surprisingly, A Fish Called Wanda has stood up well over time. It is still one of the films that I continue to return to for dependable belly laughs. The promotional short for the film was one of the funniest things I saw that year and Wanda deserves a full DVD treatment. Until then, though, I guess I'll have to make do.
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