Billionaire Sir Guy Grand thinks nothing of throwing his endless stream of money away. He later adopts a homeless boy, Youngman and ogether, they set out to prove that anyone, and anything, can be bought with money.
7 February 1922, Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
4 March 1903, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
5 April 1912, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
April 8, 1926 in Jaffa, Israel
1920 in Islington, London, England, UK
4 September 1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA
11 July 1920, Vladivostok, Primorskaya Oblast, Far Eastern Republic [now Primorsky Krai, Russia]
16 September 1891, London, England, UK
13 February 1933, Chelsea, London, England, UK
September 1, 1943 in Odense, Denmark
July 2, 1929 in London, England, UK
15 January 1921, Dulwich, London, England, UK
27 June 1922, Kingston upon Thames, England, UK
11 March 1916, Mainz, Germany
12 February 1900, London, England, UK
20 January 1922, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
14 June 1905, Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
8 January 1941, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
February 3, 1914 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK
22 July 1930, Danbury, Essex, England, UK
September 10, 2007
Save for some eye-popping cameos, there's nothing very magic about this dated dog's breakfast of a movie.
May 09, 2005
Funny, uncomfortable and without an ounce of benevolence.
January 01, 2000
A curdled, unfunny satire made more painful by McGrath's inappropriately jubilant style.
September 10, 2007
A spotty, uneven satire (from the novel by Terry Southern) with a number of good yocks, but insufficient sustained wit or related action.
June 14, 2013
Joseph McGrath's movie version remains an acerbic, late-Sixties dark comedy classic.
September 11, 2003
Is it all of its era? Yes, most definitely. But it's also as relevant and funny and pointed as it ever was.
January 27, 2003
It's too long and too silly ("Very silly indeed!") to work in the long run, so feel free to start and stop it at will -- you won't miss a thing.
April 06, 2006
...drips with low-gloss British Mod Pop style and a would-be Richard Lester vibe, but with no clue about how to put its abundant British talent, chiefly Peter Sellers, to any worthy purpose beyond playing at adolescent cynicism.
September 10, 2007
A brazen, irreverent, and wild satire that hits more often than it misses.
June 24, 2006
The result is a variety concert of a film in which most of the acts/jokes fall flat.
February 23, 2008
Odd yet fun comedy-fantasy starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.
