A Fish Called Wanda

 

A Fish Called Wanda 1988

• Director: Charles Chrichton
• Based onbook: no
• Cast: John Cleese, Kevin Kline Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, Maria Aitkin,
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• John Cleese –The Day the World Stood Still, Die Another Day, Harry Potter, Third Rock from the Sun, The World Is Not Enough, Monty Python etc, Frankenstein, Clockwise, Silverado, The Time Bandits, The Taming of the Shrew, Fawlty Towers
• Kevin Kline – Ricki and the Flash, My Old Lady, The Conspirator, As You Like It, A Prairie Home Companion, The Wild Wild West, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Ice Storm, Dave, The January Man, Cry Freedom, Sophie’s Choice, Hamlet
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Knives Out
• Michael Palin – Monty Python etc
• Why? I remember it as funny.
• Seen: Once previously. Now: 31 December 2022.

      

       Actually, I kind of remember not liking it all that much and so far I’m finding it more annoying than funny.

       It is amusing at times but it’s mostly just nasty. Like much of Monty Python, it hasn’t aged well.

       A nice surprise is to see Stephen Fry briefly towards the end.      

2* of 5