A Fish Called Wanda

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A Fish Called Wanda

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A Fish Called Wanda

John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson

In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.

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  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    In my top 10 comedies of all time! I hate to say, but John Cleese hasn?t been very funny since! :o(
  • ironclad1609
    September 21, 2009
    ironclad1609
    Very few comedy experiences I ever had compare to the first time I watched this film. It takes the best aspects of Monthy Python's humor, adds a lot of mockery of national stereotypes, slapstick and political incorrectness. The four main characters are unique, all carried by thei...( read more)r outstanding actors, especially Kevin Kline deserved his Oscar as Otto, one of the rare occasions of the Academy recognizing comedy. The plot is smart, funny, entertaining, but it's the little things, the dialoges, the jokes that make this a true gem. Stuttering and Animal Cruelty Associations reacted outraged when this came out, the rest of the world peed their pants laughing.
  • webalina
    September 14, 2009
    webalina
    I saw this years ago, and had forgotten how truly hysterical it is. A couple of the Python crazies (John Cleese and Michael Palin), along with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, clown it up in this flick about a jewel heist and the efforts of all involved to screw over each other ...( read more)in order to keep the loot for themselves. Everyone did a wonderful job, but this film belongs to Kevin Kline. He deservedly won an Oscar for his role as Otto, the cocky, tactless, paranoid yet charming jewel thief with a love, but a gross misunderstanding, of philosophy. He simply steals every scene he's in. A sub-plot, in which Palin, as the animal-loving crook named Ken with a severe stutter, plans and then attempts to rub out the witness to the crime, is funny on its own. A couple of scenes that are mildly insensitive keep this from getting five stars, but it's a complete blast from start to finish.

    UPDATE: Saw this again tonight, and although I still think it's hilarious, I found myself actually moved by John Cleese. It's shown early on that his marriage is a zero. And now here is this beautiful woman showing him attention and giving him...basically a reason to feel alive again. Knowing that Wanda was playing him (not giving anything away here...that is established early on) kind of bothered me this go round. I was imagining being in that situation and how I would feel when I found out all was not as I thought. Interesting how one's mood can change one's reaction to a film from one viewing to the next.
  • DrZeek
    April 3, 2009
    DrZeek
    Otto: You pompous, stuck-up, snot-nosed, English, giant, twerp, scumbag, fuck-face, dickhead, asshole.
    Archie: How very interesting. You're a true vulgarian, aren't you?
    Otto: You are the vulgarian, you fuck.

    This movie is hilarious. It is a crime comedy about con artists filled...( read more) with great dialogue, dry British humor and hilarious physical comedy as well.

    The plot involves the aftermath of a jewel heist. Four con artists are now in the process of scheming each other to get the loot for themselves. The leader is almost immediately caught, causing him to have one of the other thieves try to kill a witness. Meanwhile, the sexy female must try and seduce the awkward barrister (lawyer) to find out the location of the jewels. And then you have the weapons expert screwing everything up constantly for everyone.

    The cast is excellent. Jamie Lee Curtis as the con artist sex pot. John Cleese as a proper British lawyer, wanting to get away. Michael Palin as a stuttering hitman and animal lover. And Kevin Kline as a weapons expert, who believes himself to be an intellectual, despite being very dumb himself.

    Otto: You're a very attractive man, Ken. You're... smart, you've got wonderful bones, great eyes, and you dress really interestingly.

    The movie does a great job of not littering the screen with constant jokes that either work or don't, and instead supplying a number of carefully placed laughs, which are frequent, but very well handled none the less. John Cleese's work as a screenwriter here makes me want to see more from him.

    [Archie visits George, who is guarded by two policemen]
    Archie: We need to talk.
    George: You tell those pigs to fuck off.
    Archie: Fuck off, pigs.
    [the two policemen don't move]
    Archie: Did you hear what I said? Fuck off!

    Speaking of Cleese, his character, Archie, is great. A man trapped inside of a stuck up British body, who desperately wants to let lose. He is a great character. However, Kevin Kline absolutely steals the entire film with his wacked out hitman. Kline is in absolute top form here.

    [Archie has put his gun down to fist fight with Otto]
    Archie: I used to box for Oxford.
    Otto: Oh, yeah?
    [Otto quickly picks up Archie's gun, and points it at him]
    Otto: I used to kill for the CIA.

    A very funny movie. Fun plot with lots of twists and turns. Dark humor mixed with slapstick and wit. Great fun.

    Wanda: [after Otto breaks in on Wanda and Archie in Archie's flat and hangs him out the window] I was dealing with something delicate, Otto. I'm setting up a guy who's incredibly important to us, who's going to tell me where the loot is and if they're going to come and arrest you. And you come loping in like Rambo without a jockstrap and you dangle him out a fifth-floor window. Now, was that smart? Was it shrewd? Was it good tactics? Or was it stupid?
    Otto West: Don't call me stupid.
    Wanda: Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?
    Otto West: Apes don't read philosophy.
    Wanda: Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.
  • sanjurosamurai
    March 17, 2009
    sanjurosamurai
    a cast of unlikeable characters doing dislikeable things rarely amounts to much, but in this film it amounted to comic supremecy. a very funny film with a compelling story and unique characters across the board make this a must watch comedy.
  • allefra25
    November 8, 2009
    allefra25
    Very funny, although the plot was kind of convoluted at times. I really liked Ken and Otto was equally hilarious, although he was also a total jerk. Wanda was a disgusting slut, so I really wished she hadn't come out on top at the end. It's also weird that this movie was titled a...( read more)fter the fish when the fish had very little part in the movie. But WHATEVER. Anyway, a hilarious movie, as one would come to expect from Monty Python members John Cleese and Michael Palin.
  • gazthered77
    November 4, 2009
    gazthered77
    Great British comedy at it's best, and a horny Jamie Lee Curtis too!
  • totalefreiheit
    November 4, 2009
    totalefreiheit
    Los enredos de Wanda... ya ni me acuerdo.. pero estaba 2 que 3.
  • dutchhost
    October 25, 2009
    dutchhost
    This made me laugh once or twice. I believe it was aiming for more
  • gladatony
    October 9, 2009
    gladatony
    The comedy that beats them all!
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