A Fish Called Wanda | 
| Actors: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Cynthia Cleese
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 11285
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.6
MPN: 027616626622
ISBN: 6305161879
UPC: 027616626622
EAN: 9786305161875
ASIN: 6305161879
Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 1988
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Double-crossing jewel thiefs use seduction and murder as weapons to find out where their ringleader has stashed the diamonds.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-MAY-2001
Media Type: DVD
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Kevin Kline took home an Oscar for his performance as a self-absorbed lothario who prepares for lovemaking by drinking in his own "manly" musk, but it would be hard to single him out as the best thing about the film. The fact is, the entire cast of this hilarious comedy is perfect: John Cleese as the conservative barrister defending a member of sexy Jamie Lee Curtis's gang, Ms. Curtis as the conniving crook out to grab the haul for herself, and Michael Palin as the stuttering, animal-loving hit man whose attempts to murder a little old lady only decrease the size of her poodle pack. Cleese cowrote the zingy script with British comedy veteran Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob), whose smooth direction balances Monty Python farce, hysterically tasteless gags, and an unexpectedly romantic subplot with style and confidence. --Sean Axmaker
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 Superb Movie, great edition June 29, 2009
D. Fournier (Omaha, NE USA)
One of the funniest movies ever made, and a must-have for any fan of Cleese, Palin, Curtis, or Kline. How many comedies do you know that win the best-actor Oscar?
A FISK CALLED WANDA April 25, 2009
Archie Leach (Haverhill, MA)
The DVD arrived well within the expected shipping time, it was in perfect shape and it plays well. I'm grtaeful and will use Amazon for DVDs many times again.
THANKS!
Kirk Foley
 Not Quite Like I Remembered It! Ages Very, Very Poorly! Bad DVD Too! March 30, 2009
Frederick Baptist (Singapore)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Comedies don't normally age well because there are only so many times you can hear a joke without getting sick of it and so films of that ilk normally represent sort of a time capsule of what the key events and issues of the time were that concerned people and hence what was funny to them at that time. For those of us that are not of that time dated jokes leave us asking "huh?".
Unfortunately, this film falls into that category and while there are a few scenes especially between Palin and Cleese that drew a smile from me in remembrance of the great Python days the rest of the film was desperately dated and had me looking at the clock wishing it would end. 1988 must also have been a very bad year for films as that would explain how Kline could win his Oscar. Cleese is a funny actor but he is certainly not a scriptwriter. From the opening credits that were in an off-putting deep blue to the horrible score and background music this film doesn't even begin well. Highly overrated and a film that ages very, very poorly it isn't helped by this very poor dvd version with horrible mono sound quality and even worse picture quality that is full of white spots and other imperfections. There are no special features to speak about like interviews or making-of documentaries as well.
It's actually embarassing that Cleese and Palin could actually put their names to this film given the vastly superior output that they were involved in from their Python days.
Avoid at all cost!
3.5 stars out of 4 February 1, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
A hilarious comedy which features a number of excellent comic turns (Kevin Kline was rightly rewarded with an Oscar), A Fish Called Wanda gets funnier upon multiple viewings and also--importantly--develops characters that we actually care a little about; all things considered, it's a supremely enjoyable film.
Review of A Fish Called Wanda November 19, 2008
Kim K. Rivest (Vernon, CT)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've loved this movie for years. It always cheers me up. Kevin Kline
won a best supporting oscar for this movie. He is a psuedo intellectual
who is jealous of Jamie Lee Curtis's characters crush on John Cleese.
Between Kline driving on the wrong side of the road and being a complete idiot. You will soon discover why this movie is a gem.
Kim Rivest
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