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A Fish Called Wanda Reviews

1988 Certificate 15
  • 70
  • from 24,165 members

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 .. Read more

Starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director Charles Crichton
Genres Comedy

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  • Critics' reviews

    • 2 stars out of 4  

      Deft, blackish comedy with a little romance thrown in; its humour relied too much on Cleese's familiar, if expert, performance as an overbearing, uptight buffoon.

    • 32133
    • A perfectly old-fashioned romantic comedy, big on caper, generous on Ealing, and heavy on the twisted stereotypes.... read more on Time Out

    • 45426
 

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    • A Fish Called Wanda
      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 ...

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