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The Man In The White Suit, 1951
Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood star in this darkly comic fable about a scientist who invents a dirt-repelling indestructible fibre, to the consternation of self-serving capitalists, unionists – and washerwomen everywhere. A superior, if decidedly downbeat comedy, expertly performed.
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Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood star in this darkly comic fable about a scientist who invents a dirt-repelling indestructible fibre, to the consternation of self-serving capitalists, unionists – and washerwomen everywhere. A superior, if decidedly downbeat comedy, expertly performed.
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The Man With Two Brains, 1983
Carl Reiner and Steve Martin followed their parody of film noir, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, with this take on the mad-scientist movie. Martin is inventive as the surgeon who, married to less-than-forthcoming wife Dolores (Turner, proving herself one of the most adventurous and most underrated of actresses) falls in love with a talking brain (Spacek). Martin's mission is to find a body for the delightful mind. A bizarre and off-the-wall spoof.
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Carl Reiner and Steve Martin followed their parody of film noir, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, with this take on the mad-scientist movie. Martin is inventive as the surgeon who, married to less-than-forthcoming wife Dolores (Turner, proving herself one of the most adventurous and most underrated of actresses) falls in love with a talking brain (Spacek). Martin's mission is to find a body for the delightful mind. A bizarre and off-the-wall spoof.
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M*A*S*H, 1970
Director Robert Altman is at his irreverent, hilarious best with this anti-establishment comedy set during the Korean War but satirising the US Vietnam war effort. Following the fortunes of a group of rebellious surgeons stationed in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the largely improvised script drips with sarcasm, and Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould spark off each other with rapier wit and devastating put-downs.
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Director Robert Altman is at his irreverent, hilarious best with this anti-establishment comedy set during the Korean War but satirising the US Vietnam war effort. Following the fortunes of a group of rebellious surgeons stationed in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the largely improvised script drips with sarcasm, and Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould spark off each other with rapier wit and devastating put-downs.
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Meet The Parents, 2000
One of the funniest films of 2000, in which Ben Stiller spends a nightmarish weekend when he meets his girlfriend's parents – Robert De Niro tapping into a richly comic sensibility. We've all been through it, and that's what makes Meet The Parents so successful. Packed with cringe-worthy moments from beginning to end, Jay Roach's sharp comedy is for anyone who has ever endured a weekend in the company of potential in-laws.
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One of the funniest films of 2000, in which Ben Stiller spends a nightmarish weekend when he meets his girlfriend's parents – Robert De Niro tapping into a richly comic sensibility. We've all been through it, and that's what makes Meet The Parents so successful. Packed with cringe-worthy moments from beginning to end, Jay Roach's sharp comedy is for anyone who has ever endured a weekend in the company of potential in-laws.
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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, 1953
Jacques Tati's bumbling alter ego Monsieur Hulot causes no end of chaos at an idyllic French seaside resort populated by endearing eccentrics. Less a coherent story than a series of gently comic vignettes, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is a film of meticulous, supernaturally well-timed sight gags and a child-like sense of wonder.
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Jacques Tati's bumbling alter ego Monsieur Hulot causes no end of chaos at an idyllic French seaside resort populated by endearing eccentrics. Less a coherent story than a series of gently comic vignettes, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is a film of meticulous, supernaturally well-timed sight gags and a child-like sense of wonder.
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