I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack (1959)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (1,292 ratings)

Set in the 1950s in Britain, this award-winning social comedy by director and co-writer John Boulting features Ian Carmichael as the inept Stanley Windrush, a hopeless twit with -- we are to believe -- an Oxford degree. Unlike others in his social circle, Stanley wants to work. When he tries out for… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
John Boulting
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Jan 21, 2003
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    An intermediary work, one foot in Ealing gentility, the other in the abrasion of Anderson, Reisz, et al.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's a mostly forgotten work today, despite its all right construction and the funny performance by a restrained Sellers.

  • Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com

    ...the Boulting brothers' acerbic satire I'm All Right Jack (1959) is a merciless and hilarious dagger thrown at both Labor and Management, two opposing factions each rotten with exclusive self-interest.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Splendid Boulting Brothers satire with a great Peter Sellers performance.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Fear not socialist comrades, everyone gets their fair share of ribbing in this British classic poking fun at strike culture, unionists and factory life in the post war years. Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price , Margaret Rutherford and John… More

  • Cassandra M


    For me, this is the best film of all time. A superb cast of the UK's finest character actors and an A1 script. Peter Sellers was truly magnificent as the left wing union shop steward and Terry Thomas excelled in playing the two faced Personnel Manager. Among his classic comments… More

  • Eric B


    Sharp but somewhat dated satire about unions, strikes and industry in 1950s Britain. The opening scene in the candy factory is a riot -- I wish the rest of the film were as funny. Favorite little details: Peter Sellers' purposeful walk and patsy Ian Carmichael's steady… More

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