Word: funniest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bogdanovich rescues you from the murky waters of loss with the comedy of a rambunctious ten-year-old running devious circles around a man old enough to be her father. The funniest parts of the film are the con-games they play--Ryan double talking to confuse the dupe, Tatum crying to win his sympathies...
Though the Watergate revelations grow grimmer each week, nightclub audiences these days must be getting the impression that the debacle is the world's funniest subject. Comics across the country are milking Watergate for every plausible or implausible laugh that it is worth. At least a dozen records and albums featuring Watergate humor have already been released, and countless funnymen have built acts around the scandal...
...about doing." For one thing, she is determined now to spend more time with her children and grandchildren. "I keep thinking: 'Don't put it off; time goes so fast.' I've been given a second time around with my grandchildren, and they are the funniest little set of people I ever knew." Already she is looking forward to family gatherings at the ranch. "I know it will be changed, but I see them coming back for Christmas ..." Then she stops herself short. "I must be very careful about saying now that I will do this...
...cast. As Jack's intended Gwendolyn, Marie Kohler is delectable in both her appearance and her acting. Kohler's lines seem to roll effortlessly off her tongue with the haughty tone in which they were written to be delivered. Her counterpart, Algernon's Cecily, with whom she shares the funniest scene in the comedy, is not as stylish; Anne Ames, in her carriage and visage, mistakes movement for animation. Stephen Zinsser and Dennis Clearly, the two lovers, are both adequate to their tasks. They are languidly effete, though Zinsser is perhaps too effeminately so. And both appear to be enjoying...
Lavender Hill Mob. One of the funniest of British black comedies. Alec Guinness plays a meek employee of the Bank of England hatching a perfect plot to make off with a fortune. Watch for the Eiffel tower scene, the shadow puppets, and the riotous chase through the police academy...