The Big White on DVD (2005)

A customer from London , 30/06/2006

I'm not one for offering high praise very often... but on a BA flight i stumbled accross this absolute gem of a movie.

Robin Williams plays Paul Burnell a down on his luck travel agent who's savings have been spent on finding someone who can help his wife (Hunter) who is afflicted with what she thinks is Tourettes. On finding a corpse in a dumpster he has the ingenious thought of setting up an insurance scam for the $1million life assurance on his brother who upped and left a few years earlier. Throw in a couple of part time hitmen who want their corpse back, an insurance investigator who smells his chance of a big prize and promotion to NY, A Psychic phone line opperater, and long lost brother turning up out of the blue and you have one of the best intelegent comidies if the last few years and one of the funniest i've seen for a long while. Hunter is amazing as Maggie with several laugh out loud moments. I urge you to see this film as it deserves to be seen.

  41 out of 42 people found this review helpful

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PaulaWestwood from Ashton-Under-Lyne [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/10/2006

Unfortunately Robin Williams turns in a performance similar to his one in 'One Hour Photo'. This film could have either been hilarious or dramatic, it was however lifeless and banal, saved marginally by a good performance from the tourrets suffering wife (Holly Hunter). Williams is creepy rather than enigmatic and this makes the whole ponderously slow and overridingly dull. You won't miss not seeing this.

  11 out of 17 people found this review helpful

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A customer from London , 25/08/2006

This was a weird one, I think I enjoyed it but am still not sure. It is under the heading of comedy, black comedy would be a better description. If you like off the wall movies you're likely to enjoy this one. Might help to have a few beers first.

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Sydenham, London , 29/01/2007

I don't know how this didn't get rave reviews from everybody and I don't mean just here. I can't understand what wasn't to like , it was a great film, perfectly cast and I have recommended it to everyone since!

  2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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A customer from London , 25/08/2006

This was a weird one, I think I enjoyed it but am still not sure. It is under the heading of comedy, black comedy would be a better description. If you like off the wall movies you're likely to enjoy this one. Might help to have a few beers first.

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

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A customer from London , 30/06/2006

I'm not one for offering high praise very often... but on a BA flight i stumbled accross this absolute gem of a movie.

Robin Williams plays Paul Burnell a down on his luck travel agent who's savings have been spent on finding someone who can help his wife (Hunter) who is afflicted with what she thinks is Tourettes. On finding a corpse in a dumpster he has the ingenious thought of setting up an insurance scam for the $1million life assurance on his brother who upped and left a few years earlier. Throw in a couple of part time hitmen who want their corpse back, an insurance investigator who smells his chance of a big prize and promotion to NY, A Psychic phone line opperater, and long lost brother turning up out of the blue and you have one of the best intelegent comidies if the last few years and one of the funniest i've seen for a long while. Hunter is amazing as Maggie with several laugh out loud moments. I urge you to see this film as it deserves to be seen.

  41 out of 42 people found this review helpful

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