The Italian Job Reviews

Cult favourite, best remembered for its unexpected ending. The film encompasses the spectrum of all that is essentially English. A classic (eurosceptic) film, even though it's not all that well acted. Michael Caine?s wardrobe is superb, with his finely tailored suits and Quincy Jones? music holds it all together. The car chase is one of the absolute best, with the patriotically-coloured Mini?s always driven in order of red, white, and blue. This picture was, and continues to be, the greatest publicity the Mini has ever had.

Brilliant action, boring plot

OK, the scenes with minis were brilliant -- like watching automotive ballet.

The rest of the plot was bo-o-oring. Keep a finger poised on the fast forward button, and have some fun.

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I've watched both the italian jobs and have to say i prefer the new one.Which i hate to say because in general I'd say that most old movies beat the modern ones because of the over use of special effects that the modern ones cna often be blamed for.

i really didn't like this film though ,i thought it was remembered for its stunts. What stunts were those then? didn't see much mini action

Negative

Bad, boring, not funny

It's a classic. Any movie that opens with a Lamborghini Miura on the Futa Pass, has Michael Caine, several Minis and some great lines in the middle and ends with a bus in the same mountain range as the opening scene just has to be a classic. If you haven't seen it, what the heck have you been doing for the past 35 years...?

Simply the best!

Quite simply one of the best movies ever made. The openining scene is a joy to behold, the Ferrari driving through the mountains, Matt Munro singing Days Like These. It doesn't get any better than this.

With so many over-the-top movies about today, this is a nostalgic reminder of how good films use to be.

What can I say it still "Blows the bloody doors off " . This is a timeless peace of cinematography , great acting , great story . well told and at a great pace it is a shame the remake was pants. A must for any DVD collection..

They don't make them like they used to

Having recently had the misfortune of watching the remake whilst on holiday in Spain, I owed it to my kids to show them the original.

Some of the film's charm went over their head but they enjoyed it nevertheless and were really thrilled by the escape sequences.

It has an attitude and wit which stand it head and shoulders over not only the recent remake, but countless UK crime films which would like to think they were in the same league.

The extras are well worth a watch and it was touching to learn about director Peter Collinson's start in the actors' orphanage and his association there with Noel Coward who became his godfather and subsequently did him the honour of playing the crime boss Mr Bridger.

Very difficult to follow

Story was too difficult to follow, was not layed out proeprly and the ending was so sudden

one of the all time british greats. a must see work of movie art which combines a great story and great acting. modern versions are no match for this fab classic!