The Magic Christian
Billionaire Sir Guy Grand thinks nothing of throwing his endless stream of money away. He later adopts a homeless boy, Youngman and ogether, they set out to prove that anyone, and anything, can be bought with money.
March 15, 1921 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
16 April 1918, Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
May 8, 1904 in London, England, UK
7 December 1905, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
May 4, 1898 in Paddington, London, England, UK
18 August 1933, Paris, France
17 May 1918, Fulham, London, England, UK
31 January 1912, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
14 June 1905, Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
11 July 1920, Vladivostok, Primorskaya Oblast, Far Eastern Republic [now Primorsky Krai, Russia]
8 January 1941, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
3 December 1908, London, England, UK
15 January 1921, Dulwich, London, England, UK
5 April 1912, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
5 September 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 October 1928, Joniskis, Lithuania
19 August 1921, Rochester, Kent, England, UK
July 29, 1911 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
17 February 1940, Marton, New Zealand
7 February 1922, Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
27 July 1932, London, England, UK
21 August 1900, London, England, UK
12 February 1900, London, England, UK
August 2, 1921 in Cairo, Egypt
23 June 1925, Hampstead, London, England, UK
September 11, 2003
Is it all of its era? Yes, most definitely. But it's also as relevant and funny and pointed as it ever was.
January 27, 2003
It's too long and too silly ("Very silly indeed!") to work in the long run, so feel free to start and stop it at will -- you won't miss a thing.
September 10, 2007
A brazen, irreverent, and wild satire that hits more often than it misses.
January 01, 2000
A curdled, unfunny satire made more painful by McGrath's inappropriately jubilant style.
September 10, 2007
Save for some eye-popping cameos, there's nothing very magic about this dated dog's breakfast of a movie.
June 14, 2013
Joseph McGrath's movie version remains an acerbic, late-Sixties dark comedy classic.
June 24, 2006
The result is a variety concert of a film in which most of the acts/jokes fall flat.
April 06, 2006
...drips with low-gloss British Mod Pop style and a would-be Richard Lester vibe, but with no clue about how to put its abundant British talent, chiefly Peter Sellers, to any worthy purpose beyond playing at adolescent cynicism.
May 09, 2005
Funny, uncomfortable and without an ounce of benevolence.
February 23, 2008
Odd yet fun comedy-fantasy starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.
September 10, 2007
A spotty, uneven satire (from the novel by Terry Southern) with a number of good yocks, but insufficient sustained wit or related action.
