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Reviewed by UK Guest, 10th Mar 2000. |
| Review Summary: Wicked satire of unions and management, Sellers's best ever |
Overall Score: 5/5
 
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Review: Sellers was never as brilliant as in this cracking Boulting Bros. satire, I'm All Right Jack. It's also the best of Ian Carmichael's film classic trifecta as the innocent upper-class twit turned Everyman. Sellers gets the most attention in most reviews, but I'm Alright Jack also boasts perhaps the best comedic ensemble ever, from the quiver-lipped time-study man John le Mesurier to the closet Tory Irene Handl (wife of Commie shop steward Sellers), from Liz Fraser (in pointy-bra'd perfection) to the always welcome Margaret Rutherford -- and then there's the unnamed union slugabeds working at the missile factory, the earnest but comic managers at the companies Carmichael visits. . .oh, and we haven't even mentioned Dickie Attenborough and Terry-Thomas, have we? Look -- any film that starts out with Churchill's V-for-Victory being returned with a workingman's two-fingered "salute" is going to be truly wicked, and this one really satisfies. An underappreciated masterpiece. |
Ratings
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5 |
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5 |
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Yes |
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