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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

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Peter Sellers gets to play both hero and bad guy at the same time in this comedy variation on Sax Rohmer's infamous stories of Asian super-villian Fu Manchu. The 168-year-old Fu Manchu (Sellers) is starting to run out of the youth-preserving formula that has kept him alive and kicking for the past eight or so decades, and he decides it's high time he made up some more. However, the list of ingredients includes a few items you can't usually get at your corner drug store, and Fu and his minions

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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (8)

Sad, sad end to Peter Sellers' great movie career. Lackluster at best.

February 17, 2008
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Another movie that wastes Sellers.

August 21, 2003
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

For the sake of the late, great, brilliant Peter Sellers, let's all just forget this movie even exists.

July 26, 2002
eFilmCritic.com

Improves with age and comparison to newer junk

July 26, 2002
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Audience Reviews for The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

This has two things going for it. Fu Manchu and Peter Sellers. Unfortunately that's not enough to rescue this mess. Worth a look see if you're a completist for either of the two aforementioned factors.
January 15, 2009
bradwest
Brad West
Not his BEST film but..not his worst...it's def. in between cause you look at it and can say..he's done worse but he's def. done better then this. for me I look at this film as...a sad Peter Sellers Swan song. I think he really tried to be good in this film and all but..it just didn't work. But his performance is great.
July 28, 2012
Kieran F.
Kieran Fraser
    1. Dr. Fu Manchu: [to Chinese henchman played by Burt Kwok] You look familiar.
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