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Smartly written, smoothly directed, and solidly cast, A Fish Called Wanda offers a classic example of a brainy comedy with widespread appeal. Read critic reviews
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A Fish Called Wanda videos
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Have You Got a Stutter?
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Fish and Chips
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Striptease Surprise
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Upside-Down Apology
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Ken's Revenge
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Apes Don't Read Philosophy
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - He Doesn't Have a Clue
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - The Language of Love
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Loosening Ken's Lips
A Fish Called Wanda: Official Clip - Otto Hates the British
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Movie Info
British gangster George Thomason (Tom Georgeson) and his hapless aide, Ken Pile (Michael Palin), draft a pair of arrogant Americans, grifter Wanda Gerschwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and weapons expert Otto West (Kevin Kline), for a massive diamond heist. When the job goes badly, Wanda attempts to seduce George's stuffy lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese), to find out where George hid the diamonds. Meanwhile, Ken repeatedly attempts to kill an elderly woman (Patricia Hayes) who witnessed the robbery.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Charles Crichton, John Cleese
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Producer: Michael Shamberg
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $60.0M
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
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Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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Critic Reviews for A Fish Called Wanda
Audience Reviews for A Fish Called Wanda
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No review of this movie would be complete without mentioning how absolutely perfect Kevin Kline is in his role. There's something so completely unhinged about his character and he plays it so perfectly. He plays the character like an intellectual, but maniacal, dumbass. Really he was just perfect and the highlight of a movie that is already excellent to begin with. Just a tremendous comedy film from beginning to end. The cast really is tremendous, by far one of the best of any comedy I've seen, and they seemed to have a blast playing these characters, especially, again, Kevin Kline...he's let loose and he makes the most out of it. Seriously the guy won an Oscar for this role. When was the last time someone won an Oscar for a comedy role? It's very rare, perhaps in the earlier days of the awards, but recently it's incredibly rare. Really it has to be seen. But again, the cast is tremendous. It's a very funny movie and it's cleverly written. It does slow down in some parts here and there, but there's never a long stretch where you don't laugh. An excellent comedy, that definitely isn't perfect but it is very much worth watching.
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Terrible funny and clever, A Fish Called Wanda it's a great comedy film with outstanding performances. Fresh.
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A Fish Called Wanda is an incredibly funny British comedy from Monty Python's John Cleese, and despite a slower but still funny first half, the second half of the movie is painfully hilarious, thanks to very funny performances from Kevin Kline and Michael Palin.
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A Fish Called Wanda is an oddly satisfying mix of comedy and crime that makes for an enjoyable and entertaining watch.
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