A Fish Called Wanda (Crichton, 1988): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.15pm
This screening is part of the Big Screen Classics strand.Chicago Reader review:
Charles Crichton, the veteran British director who made his biggest mark with The Lavender Hill Mob
in 1950, teams up with actor, writer, and executive producer John
Cleese in another madcap caper comedy (1988) that’s every bit as funny
as its predecessor. Like many of the best English comedies, much of the
humor here is based on character, good-natured high spirits, and fairly
uninhibited vulgarity (a speech impediment and dead dogs supply the
basis for some of the gags). The superlative cast includes Americans
Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis (at her sexiest), as well as Michael
Palin and Cleese; Crichton keeps the laughs coming with infectious
energy.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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