Release Date: Sep 23, 1966 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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Sean Connery attempted to make a clean break from his "James Bond" image in the boisterous comedy A Fine Madness. Connery plays Samson Shillitoe, a Brendan Behan-like poet with a mile-wide misogynistic streak. Try as he might to complete his latest masterpiece, Shillitoe is constantly interrupted by the women in his life. Driven to a nervous breakdown, he seeks help from the medical establishment -- and ends up a babbling shell of his former self. The film takes scattered potshots at a
Sep 23, 1966 Wide
Jun 20, 2006
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Never finds its own voice.
The off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment.
I've never seen such an ill-advised film and such amazing talent put to such little ultimate effect.
Two fine actors, Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward are lost in this loud, boorish "comedy". They shout and act like idiots. An extremely fine and varied supporting cast is entirely wasted although there is a lovely performance from Colleen Dewhurst and get a load of the height of Sue Ane Langdon's hair! A missed
August 27, 2009
Super Reviewer
YAWN! Love Joanne Woodward & Sean Connery, didn't Love this Film.I think prefer my Sean Connery as a likeable character.
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