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A Fish Called Wanda

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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 34  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Synopsis: 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, in which four disparate characters attempt a daring heist, comes from Ealing caper comedies, such as... 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, 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. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson

Director: Charles Crichton
Screenwriter: John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Producer: Michael Shamberg
Composer: John Du Prez

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 1, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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This fish is swimming with laugh-out-loud moments.

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02/06/07
Chuck O'Leary
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4.5/5

No pun intended, but all the stars aligned for this film. It was the perfect blend of British and American humor.

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01/28/07
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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4/5

it's the right time to watch A Fish Called Wanda, so it can finally get the quotable legacy it so richly deserves

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11/18/06
Pete Croatto
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08/11/06
JoBlo
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5/5

One of the funniest movies of the decade.

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08/09/06
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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4/4

One of the greatest comedies of all time.

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
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4/5

Cleese at the top of his game

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09/24/05
Tony Medley
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4/5

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06/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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4/5

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02/18/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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4/5

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10/08/04
Robin Clifford
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3/5

Pretty funny, but not nearly the classic it's supposed to be.

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09/13/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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5/5

Sweet, and almost as much fun as Fierce Creatures.

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07/21/04
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times
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07/09/04
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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06/10/04
Jules Brenner
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4/5

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04/16/04
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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02/13/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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02/10/04
Spence D.
IGN Movies
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11/17/03
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