The Loved One (1965)
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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 7 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Synopsis: Before John Waters appeared on the scene to explore the idiosyncrasies of American culture, Tony Richardson had already adapted Evelyn Waugh's scabrous black comedy satirizing the U.S. mortuary industry along with American attitudes toward capitalism, sex, religion, Hollywood, and... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Robert Morse, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters, John Gielgud, Paul Williams
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Perhaps the only way to enjoy it is to accept that saying something offensive is better than saying nothing at all. The Evelyn Waugh who wrote The Loved One might have agreed with that, at any rate.
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09/15/06
As tame as it is lame...The only thing that offended me about this movie is how it wasted two hours of my life.
07/02/06
...it tries to cover too much ground with too much material that is simply too obvious and too unfunny.
06/16/06
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02/09/06
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05/09/05
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Based on Evelyn Waugh's personal novel about his epxeriences when he came to the U.S. about MGM filming BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. It's his take on the English colony at the time. For more info., see Boo Allen's doctoral dissertation on Waugh.
01/01/04
Provided comedian Jonathan Winters with the only good turn the movies ever afforded him.
10/01/03
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