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The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:1
Rotten:7
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A slapstick comedy written by Gene Wilder. It's about a movie buff who screen tests for a stand-in role for Rudolph Valentino while the real-life Valentino alienates his wife's affections.
Starring: Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Carl Ballantine, Michael Huddleston
Starring: Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Carl Ballantine, Michael Huddleston, Ronny Graham, Matt Collins, Dom DeLuise
Director: Gene Wilder
Director: Gene Wilder
Producer: Gene Wilder
Composer: John Morris
Reviews for The World's Greatest Lover
Even those of us with a longtime and well-earned affection for Gene Wilder have to respond to The World's Greatest Lover ... with a dispirited sigh.
The best moments are certainly worth seeing (particularly if, like me, you simply love to see Gene Wilder work) though the film as a whole is screamingly inconsistent.
A shrill, silly farce that starts out with some funny moments but quickly fizzles and ends up being quite lame.
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