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The Ruling Class

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The Ruling Class (1972)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:9

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: THE RULING CLASS runs the full gamut of British entertainment--beautiful costumes, fabulous sets, serial killers, witty dialogue, burlesque striptease, opera and aristocracy, romance and insanity,... THE RULING CLASS runs the full gamut of British entertainment--beautiful costumes, fabulous sets, serial killers, witty dialogue, burlesque striptease, opera and aristocracy, romance and insanity, jealousy and drama, comedy and theology. The house of Gurney has a family problem, namely the 14th Earl of Gurney (Peter O'Toole in a brilliant performance), who suffers from a slight messiah complex. Unfortunately, the young earl is the sole heir to the family fortune, so his relatives go to great lengths to trick the would-be savior into siring a new heir. However, the earl has a few surprises for his greedy relations. THE RULING CLASS is a sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the ingrown eccentricities of the British upper classes. With its outlandish situational dialogue, and with performers suddenly zipping out in song-and-dance routines, THE RULING CLASS is a dynamite comic triumph. [More]

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Coral Browne, Arthur Lowe, Alastair Sim

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Coral Browne, Arthur Lowe, Alastair Sim

Director: Peter Medak

Director: Peter Medak

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Dennis Schwartz

In spots a very amusing and irreverent tongue-in-cheek satire on class that features a tour de force performance by Peter O'Toole.

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Mark Athitakis

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Emanuel Levy

The plot is convoluted but director Peter Medak makes some good satirical points about the British class system and Peter O'Toole is terrific in a well-deserved Oscar-nominated performance.

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Ken Hanke

If it's true that a people get the government they deserve, mightn't it be equally true that a people get the God they deserve?

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Bob Bloom

A wonderful, wild ride. Peter O'Toole is outstanding.

comment Comment | Aug., 15 2002 11:19 PM

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Jason Anderson

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James Kendrick

decidedly postmodern several years before it became a buzzword

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2001 06:40 PM

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