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What a bizarre movie!

posted 13 years ago by MissSugarKane
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I received my DVD that I ordered of this film (only took two weeks - it had to come from Spain to Great Britain so not bad whatsoever). I thought it was a nice mixture of wacky comedy, delightful cartoon imagery and incredibly touching moments too. That's why it's so bizarre - it works like that. One minute I was laughing out loud, the next I was incredibly quiet because suddenly it turned into very touching moments. I could watch it again now, quite easily.

Loved Jack Lemmon's sly little looks and talks to the camera! I love it! It's as if he can see what the viewer looks like and is friendly with them, even though he is generally not very nice to the people around him.

Jack Lemmon could do anything and still be marvellous, we all know that. If he had done a film that was purely about...bins or something, I'd still watch it and enjoy it because it's Jack. And once again he did not fail to deliver here.

I thought Herb Edelman was pretty hilarious as well. I always liked him as the nervous policeman Murray in The Odd Couple (1968), which was also with Jack Lemmon and is also highly recommended.

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to be rich. I just want to be wonderful.

[–] Tabbycat (748) 5 years ago

I don’t find it bizarre. Unique and original, even a bit daring, yes. Everything in this movie makes sense. Lots of it, in fact.

[–] Destinata (2597) 5 years ago

Sounds like the TV show, "My World and Welcome to It" which ran on American TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_World_and_Welcome_to_It. It was charming and quirky. I loved it when I was a kid. It won Emmys for its one and only season. The star, William Windom, spoke ruefully, Emmy in hand, about how it was good enough to be recognized by awards, but not by the American people. Finding DVD's of that would be like trying to find a boxed set of the complete "St. Elsewhere" series. It won tons of Emmys. There wouldn't have been that wildly successful show "ER" without there first having been "St. Elsewhere," but just try to get anyone interested in producing the DVDs!