Rated R. We threw around some rude language.
It’s not every comedy that features 2 of the brilliant stars of the Monty Python troupe, but it’s actually the Americans who stand out. Kevin Kline was known as a serious actor before A Fish Called Wanda and Jamie Lee Curtis was still mostly thought of as the Scream Queen. So when legendary cut-ups like John Cleese and Michael Palin are overshadowed, you know you’re in from something hilarious. Director Charles Crichton’s swan song runs the risk of alienating audiences (33 years ago…and especially now) by daring to make fun of animal death and stutterers. Funny is funny though. So eat your fish & chips (wait, put Wanda back in the bowl, Otto!) and don’t be DISAPPOINTED as you steamroll through the 404th Ellises’ Analysis.
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LINKS:
1988 Academy Award winners & nominees
Kline’s Oscar acceptance speech
Links to: Monty Python And The Holy Grail and Life Of Brian and Fierce Creatures
Previously on The Ellises’ Analysis: Harold And Maude
August 23rd on The Ellises’ Analysis: The Killing
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