Based on the best-selling novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE satirises late-19th-century health fads and medical procedures. The story focuses on Will Lightbody (Matthew Broderick) and his wife, Eleanor (Bridget Fonda), guests at the health spa of eccentric and toothy cereal mogul Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (.. Read more
| Starring | Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda, John Cusack |
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| Director | Alan Parker |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Based on the best-selling novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE satirises late-19th-century health fads and medical procedures. The story focuses on Will Lightbody (Matthew Broderick) and his wife, Eleanor (Bridget Fonda), guests at the health spa of eccentric and toothy cereal mogul Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins). The couple get more than they bargain for, however, when doctors separate them and force them to undergo an array of hilariously absurd medical treatments, often involving wacky and dangerous equipment. Meanwhile, con artist Charles Ossining (John Cusack) and Kellogg's adopted son (Dana Carvey) plot to steal the doctor's coveted recipe for corn flakes.
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE's highbrow humour lies somewhere between the stinging ironies of Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL and the spontaneous, madcap wit of a comedy sketch show. As he displayed in ANGEL HEART and PINK FLOYD: THE WALL, director Alan Parker is wonderfully adept at combining magic and mirth to make movies that entertain while subtly pressing forth a pointed moral lesson. A whimsical film, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE mocks modernity and industrialisation and warns viewers that sometimes even supposedly enlightened minds can lead society astray.
| Starring | Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Lerner, John Neville, Colm Meaney |
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| Director | Alan Parker |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 28 Jun 2004 |
A film quite unlike any other in its exuberant account of the quirky methods of the health industry; Hopkins brings toothy menace to the role of Kellogg, but the screenplay fatally softens the darkly satirical tone of its source, bringing it closer in spi
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Excellent Comedy
Well. At least this film is different. It has at least three subplots winding through it and I couldn't tell which one was the main theme. In the end, it ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Toilet Humour
A really funny film - not at all what I expected. Sex therapy and colonic irrigations all washed down with a vegetarian diet.
Hilarious acting from ... read more »
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bored
I got bored and had to watch this in two parts, I'd have sent it back unfinished but my pride got the better of me and I had to finish it. It seemed rather ... read more »
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Pu(e)rile!
Took a while to get into this but thought the cast was worth it. However, after a while the puerile jokes and obsession with bowel movements etc. got very ... read more »
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