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Howard Fritzson
30Sep11
Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price are the real stars of this film. As amusing as Guinness is, his performance(s) is more of a stunt.
Posterocalypse
18Sep11
Love this film! I think I appreciate its wit even more the second time around. I was inspired to watch it after seeing Alec Guinness in Star Wars.
David Huxley
10Jul11
I saw this many years ago as a teenager and had fond memories of it. Seeing it again recently, it occurred to me that the casting of Alex Guinness as all eight doomed relatives was little more than a joke. Now I can only see it as a precursor to all the bad Eddie Murphy and Tyler Perry movies where they played multiple roles. Even the "twist" ending was a letdown, after seeing many films that do it better.
Michael Gildea
3Jan11
A hell of a lot of fun. Politely rotten enjoyably dark with Alec Guinness playing eight different roles. Well worth the watch!
Roscoe
27Sep10
A great nasty pleasure. Everyone goes on about Alec Guinness, but he's largely set dressing in this one -- the movie really belongs to Dennis Price and the sublime and damnably sexy Joan Greenwood.
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StellaWasaDiver
31Aug10
Way ahead of its time. A hilarious dark comedy. Sir Alec Guiness plays a half-dozen roles to the tee. And a great twist ending.
Umberto L.
18Jun10
Funny and clever at the same time. Amazing performances by Dennis Price and Alec Guinness... oh my, what a perfectly-paced movie!
Quin Browne
1Jun10
My ex husband did three lovely things for me... one of those was to introduce me to this film. So many only know Guinness from Star Wars. They need to look further... he has a huge library of films.
richmondhill
7Feb10
... a dish served cold. One of the surest, most delicately realised black comedies with rapier cruelty and wit dressed-up in a most polite veneer. Dennis Price's finest hour and a half.
Howard Fritzson
16Jun09
I wanted to celebrate Joan Greenwood but Doctor Lemonglow has already done so, eloquently.