- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1953-1966
- Country/ies:
- UK
- Predominant Genre:
- Comedy
- Author(s)/Director(s):
- Various.
- Best Performance(s):
- Norman WISDOM
- Premiss:
- Various.
- Theme(s):
- Alienation
- Compassion
- Personal change
- Self-expression
- White culture
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Charlie Chaplin
- Jerry Lewis
- Review Format:
- DVD
The quality of these movies is variable – both in content & form – but never falls below Good. At their best (Trouble in Store, Man of the Moment, Up in the World, Just My Luck, Follow a Star & Stitch in Time) they reveal a clownish genius.
An intensely-visual humorist, Norman WISDOM demonstrates what can be done with an intensely-visual form like cinema: A clever mix of Jerry Lewis & Charlie Chaplin.
WISDOM plays the gormless schoolboy who never grows up; hence, his great appeal to children everywhere - and of all ages. Yet, behind all this outlandish hilarity lies the obvious and sad story of an unloving childhood; explaining the often mawkish sentimentality of some of the plots & themes.
Nevertheless, this is some of the best clown and mime work ever recorded on film - aided by literate screenplays.
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