The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
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Movie Reviews of The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
Movie Review: fields at his best
Summary: 4 Stars
this is fields in top form! this is one of his best offerings of the movies he made. well written by fields,(under the name,mahatma kane jeeves)and performed as only he can do.this one is a must for any wc fields, or classic comedy fanMovie Review: a fine example of slapstick comedy
Summary: 3 Stars
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.W.C. Fields stars as Egbert Sousè (Pronounced as "Soosay" but mispronounced as "souse" by many of the people in his town though he is also a souse) a husband who is constantly critized by his family for his drinking and smoking. He lated inadvertently catches a bank robber and is offered a job as a guard at the bank.
The acting is what one would expect from comedy films of the time, and has a cameo role by Shemp Howard best known for his work as one of the 3 stooges.
This is W.C. field's last major film role. The DVD has no special features.
Movie Review: Unfunny and overrated
Summary: 2 Stars
The Bottom Line:
I walked into The Bank Dick knowing little about W.C. Fields and walked out very unimpressed by his style of comedy: the film wanders freely from one boring setup to another, never finding much comic material or presenting any sort of clothesline to string gags on, leaving the audience with little to do but listen to lines that might be funny if written but sure aren't when Fields mutters them droningly.
2/4
Movie Review: What Did I Miss
Summary: 1 Stars
I am wondering about myself. Everyone here loves this movie, but I found it incredibly tedious and unfunny (is that a word?)
A lot of the "humor" is violent and abusive, the main character and his family are among the most hideously unsympathetic characters ever, and the "one-liners" are rare and not very clever. The so-called plot is feeble, dated and disjointed.
After what seemed an endless period of time, I found that only 45 minutes had gone by.
I love old movies, but I cannot understand why anyone would call this one of the funniest ever. Come on, this was released in 1940, after some of the truly great and funny movies of all time.
I feel like the kid pointing out that the emporer has no clothes!