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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Rate:
10
Viewed:
8/04, 8/13
8/13:
In A Fish Called Wanda, Kevin Kline is beyond brilliant as "Don't Call Me Stupid" Otto while Jamie Lee Curtis is the
perfect femme fatale that everybody wants her.
Michael Palin is lovable as the stuttering animal activist who ends up murdering three Yorkshire terriers. John Cleese is
wonderful as Archie the husband with a tedious family life. It's one of the wackiest, funniest pictures made, ranking
right up there with M*A*S*H,
This Is Spinal Tap, and Zorro, The Gay Blade.
There are hilarious scenes throughout, and it's Kevin Kline who makes many of them work, hence the Oscar win. One more time
from Otto, "It's K-K-K-Ken! C-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me! How you gonna c-c-c-catch me, K-K-K-Ken?" And the joke is on him.
All in all, if you want to laugh a lot, you must go with A Fish Called Wanda.