The Ladykillers
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Movie Reviews of The Ladykillers
Movie Review: Treats for boys and girls of all ages
Summary: 5 Stars
What a wonderful accomplishment this piece of movie-making is (though you have to ignore the glaring inconsistencies...which is easy for it adds to the charm). It is apparent when watching that Alec Guinness is in convivial company and enjoying every minute of it. Katie Johnson (Mrs. Wilberforce...aka Mrs. Lop-sided) is hysterical as the duped go between for the 'lolly', but despite her protestations of guilt in this regard quite refuses to take responsibility for the 'East Castle Street Job'..."I don't even know East Castle Street is...!"Ealing Studios where this and other fantastic classics where professionally thrown together, (that's a description that though inaccurate by far...fits), is now reopen after too many years and has just finished production of a new 'The importance of being Earnest', by Oscar Wilde of course, with Dame Judi Dench cast as Lady Bracknell..."a Handbagggg!??". Couldn't be better than Edith Evans but the good news is not so much the film as the British Studio revived. As to The Ladykillers...buy this movie, you work hard and you deserve some nice treats...some simple luxuries.
Movie Review: Ealing Heaven
Summary: 5 Stars
This very late Ealing comedy (1955) is one of the best British films ever made. Alec Guiness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers and Danny Green are the villians of the piece. The've committed a robbery and are looking for a hide-out to lay low. You'd think with a cast like that, that none of them could be upstaged. They are though, by Katie Johnson, who plays the landlady at the guest-house they hole up in. As Mrs Wilberforce she steals the film and indeed won a BAFTA in 1956 for best British Actress for her part in this film.
This film is full of great comedic moments and blessed with an almost perfect script. The guys are nearly always outwitted by the old lady (sometimes purposely and other times not). In an age of CGI and breath-taking special effects, give yourself a treat and see how films used to be made. It stands up to repeated viewings and is as good a film as you are ever likely to see. Look out for cameo roles by Jack Warner (from the UK police show Dixon of Dock Green) and Frankie Howerd.
Movie Review: British humour
Summary: 5 Stars
Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson)was an old sweet English lady whose small but beautiful house was located at the end of the street, just in front of the railway. Because of this strategic location, her house was picked by 5 robbers comprising Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) as the ringleader and Peter Sellers as one of his associates.
Mrs. Wilberforce was persistent, as an overbearing landlady, and intelligent, as Agatha Christie's Ms Marple. Once she found she was an accomplice of the robbery, she insisted the gang to turn themselves in. The gang was clever (in pulling off the robbery of 60000 pounds), weird and had such bad luck. It is just fun to watch how Mrs. Wilberforce won them all over, including the whole police force, and had the last laugh. She also enjoyed as many umbrellas as she wanted in the end. Just watch the movie for some dark humour. And Ms Katie Johnson deservedly won the BAFTA Best British Actress Award. The film also won the Best British Screenplay.
Movie Review: unsurpassed classic
Summary: 5 Stars
For those who enjoy understated subtle comedies rather than fall-down slapstick or the "crude is funny" variety, The Ladykillers from the British Ealing Studios in their heyday is as good as it gets. Made in 1955, the movie does not show its age. Its themes and constructs and the quality of the acting remain entirely fresh. Issued as part of the Alec Guinness Collection, it must rank as one of the outstanding comedies in movie history. Alec Guinness in the lead role is wonderful, but he does not steal the show. The supporting cast are every bit as good. Look out for Peter Sellers in his first major role. I am told that when this movie first made its appearance, people exited the cinema with tears of laughter in their eyes, only to burst out in fresh gales of laughter as they recalled particular scenes or comic touches hours later. Did you enjoy the early Pink Panthers? You ain't seen nothin' yet.Movie Review: They were not so bright crooks!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the golden age of the brittish comedy through the last forties and the middle fifties , this little jewel was one of the best proofs to exposse .
Imagine this incredible cast the legendary Alec Guiness with his funny teeth , Herbert Loom and a young raising promise named Peter Sellers .
This death quintet will rent the house of an harmless old lady who will be the crucial axis for a lot of laughable gags but told in the english way and spiced with that black humor dosis all along the film .
This unforgettable work , together with Whisky Gallore , Hobson 's choice, The man in the white suit , Kind hearts and cornets , and The lavender hill mob (notice the presence of Alec Guiness in the last three works) may be well considered the set of the cream of the black humor and fine irony in this unique and creative decade .