The Missionary
by Richard Loncraine
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Actor: Denholm Elliott, Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern, Michael Palin, Trevor HowardDirector: Richard Loncraine
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Missionary
Movie Review: MONTY PYTHON ALERT! Cuddly Michael Palin's "The Missionary"
Summary: 5 Stars
The Rev.Charles Fortescue has returned to Victorian England after ten years among the natives of Colonial Africa.He arrives home with the intention of marriage to his fiancee,Deborah Fitzbank,a proper twit airhead who has an extreme obsessive/compulsive disorder of organizing things! No sooner does Fortescue settle in that The Bishop of London commissions him to work among "the ladies of the night;" and so begins the next tongue-in-cheek,typically British-humored chapter in dear Missionary Fortescue's life!
Anyone who is a big fan of The Monty Python alumni will immediately recognize Michael Palin,voted "most cute of the Monty Python group." Palin wrote and stars as Fortescue in this typically English farce that is all laughs in an economical 81 minutes.You cannot help but love Palin's Fortescue as do all of the "fallen women" of the East End of London.He is irresistible to all of them...and this "holy innocent" doesn't seem to get the clue! Maggie Smith, as the stately but seductive Lady Ames throws herself at him as one of his "biggest supporters", and still Fortescue is intent and oblivious to his animal magnetism to the opposite sex!
As the Brits would say,"Good show.Rollicking good fun!" and it is. This sprite film is full of the best of the BBC and Monty Python group for the last 30 years.Any fan of "Brit Wit" will be pointing at the screen and saying "oh she was in...and he starred in.."...you get it.Michael Palin is truly irresistible to anyone in this adorable romp through Victorian London.Palin shows off the writing and acting skills that have made him a five time BAFTA Award winner,even outshining John Cleese (probably more well recognized in America).For "ripping fun" and stayed British humor, THE MISSIONARY is a found Holy Grail!
Summary of The Missionary
Michael Palin (A Fish Called Wanda) and Maggie Smith (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) star in this delectable, wicked little comedy (Playboy) that puts a devout missionary into a precarious position! Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin) has a problem. His boss, the bishop (Denholm Elliott), wants him to minister to the city's fallen women. But when Fortescue begins recruiting converts from the streets, he discovers that these lusty ladies are only willing to submit to salvation if they are permitted to share his bed! Hilarious and sexy, The Missionary is charming [and] buoyant (The New York Times)!Art House & International DVD Video
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