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1973

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Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the boundaries of cinema with an .. Read more

Starring	Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts
Director	Lindsay Anderson
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- Nowhere in cinema will you find such a bleak worldview infused with such infectious, ebullient, indomitable joy, attentive to the magical propensities of life even when at its darkest
- 41869
- - Sight and Sound
  - 29 Feb 2008 at 23:27
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- - 12
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  The Long March of Everyman
  
  A sort of a companion volume to Au Hasard Balthazar ... in reverse and updated! Here, McDowell is the everyman who's the victim, the hapless observer if ... read more »
  
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- 108919
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FL
  - UK
  - 30 May 2005 at 18:44
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  - 0
  Not disappointing, but....
  
  The follow up to 'If....' isn't disappointing but it isn't as good as the first film was. Again there is a stand-out performance by McDowell ... read more »
  
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- - Kowalski
  - 11 reviews
  - 10 Dec 2011 at 17:38
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  O Lucky Man
  
  A brilliant classic British film with a great sound track, about the exploits of a coffee sales man and a demented view of 1970's Britain.
  
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  - Treorchy
  - 29 Aug 2009 at 00:19
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  IF I had know this was so indulgent..
  
  ...I might not have rented it. But probably worth it just for seeing Captain Manwaring as a very bad African. Flashes of brilliance but never really understood ... read more »
  
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  - Woking
  - 14 Jun 2009 at 10:19
- - 0
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  We're lucky to have it
  
  The ups and downs of a young salesman who goes through cycles of good luck and bad is a bold and subversive piece of film-making, a worthy successor to 'if... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 23:08
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  O Lucky Man!
  
  Definately not in the same league as 'If...' but worth a watch anyway. Much more intersesting is the documentary on the second disc 'O Lucky Malcolm... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 27 Sep 2008 at 18:05
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  'O Wonderful Movie'
  
  'O Lucky Man' is still wonderful despite it was made in 1973, certainly, with the help of
  
  Alan Price not in the last place.
  
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  - Queen Camel,Yeovil
  - 09 Sep 2008 at 15:04
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  not so lucky audience
  
  A picaresque tale which sees our Malcolm as a kind of holy fool embarking on a series of random adventures in a seedy early 70s Britain. Anderson adopts a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bath
  - 25 Aug 2008 at 11:40
- - 4
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  Comedy - engaging and engaged
  
  A sweet surreal journey through 1970s Britain, but in the words of its maverick director Lindsay Anderson, 'epic' and not 'mini'. A worthy ... read more »
  
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  - High Wycombe
  - 30 Jul 2008 at 08:37
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  nostalgic
  
  I so enjoyed going back into 'my time'.(I'd forgotten how artificial,how seedy it was at times.)McDowell is terrific in this role.Can't wait to ... read more »
  
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- - H. D
  - UK
  - 04 Jun 2008 at 09:04
- - 7
  - 0
  Very good
  
  Bizarre and overlong, but still engrossing, Lindsay Anderson's critique of british society crica 1973 stands up today. DVD transfer is crisp and Alan Price... read more »
  
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- 569154
- - joppard
  - 2 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 27 May 2008 at 10:57
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- - 12
  - 0
  The Long March of Everyman
  
  A sort of a companion volume to Au Hasard Balthazar ... in reverse and updated! Here, McDowell is the everyman who's the victim, the hapless observer if ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 108919
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FL
  - UK
  - 30 May 2005 at 18:44
- - 7
  - 0
  Very good
  
  Bizarre and overlong, but still engrossing, Lindsay Anderson's critique of british society crica 1973 stands up today. DVD transfer is crisp and Alan Price... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 569154
- - joppard
  - 2 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 27 May 2008 at 10:57
- - 4
  - 0
  Comedy - engaging and engaged
  
  A sweet surreal journey through 1970s Britain, but in the words of its maverick director Lindsay Anderson, 'epic' and not 'mini'. A worthy ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 605458
- - a customer
  - High Wycombe
  - 30 Jul 2008 at 08:37
- - 1
  - 0
  nostalgic
  
  I so enjoyed going back into 'my time'.(I'd forgotten how artificial,how seedy it was at times.)McDowell is terrific in this role.Can't wait to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 572297
- - H. D
  - UK
  - 04 Jun 2008 at 09:04
- - 1
  - 0
  not so lucky audience
  
  A picaresque tale which sees our Malcolm as a kind of holy fool embarking on a series of random adventures in a seedy early 70s Britain. Anderson adopts a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 618786
- - a customer
  - Bath
  - 25 Aug 2008 at 11:40
- - 1
  - 0
  O Lucky Man!
  
  Definately not in the same league as 'If...' but worth a watch anyway. Much more intersesting is the documentary on the second disc 'O Lucky Malcolm... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 635744
- - a customer
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2008 at 18:05
- - 1
  - 0
  IF I had know this was so indulgent..
  
  ...I might not have rented it. But probably worth it just for seeing Captain Manwaring as a very bad African. Flashes of brilliance but never really understood ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 770670
- - a customer
  - Woking
  - 14 Jun 2009 at 10:19
- - 1
  - 0
  O Lucky Man
  
  A brilliant classic British film with a great sound track, about the exploits of a coffee sales man and a demented view of 1970's Britain.
  
  Report this review
- 804250
- - a customer
  - Treorchy
  - 29 Aug 2009 at 00:19
- - 0
  - 0
  'O Wonderful Movie'
  
  'O Lucky Man' is still wonderful despite it was made in 1973, certainly, with the help of
  
  Alan Price not in the last place.
  
  Report this review
- 626602
- - a customer
  - Queen Camel,Yeovil
  - 09 Sep 2008 at 15:04
- - 0
  - 0
  We're lucky to have it
  
  The ups and downs of a young salesman who goes through cycles of good luck and bad is a bold and subversive piece of film-making, a worthy successor to 'if... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 636300
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 23:08

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- O Lucky Man!
  
  Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ...