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      Eat the Rich

      R 1987 1 hr. 28 min. Comedy List
      36% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Terrorists and a rude waiter (Lanah Pellay) attack a politician (Nosher Powell) and take over an exclusive London club. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 21 Buy Now

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      gurken s A true classic from that days. No one orders a panda with honeydipin present times. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/03/23 Full Review Audience Member High camp. Loved Lanah p. Must see! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review martin a A cult classic, crazy, but very enjoyable. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Sometimes you leave a film 25 years and then you go back and realise its a brutal black comedy which attacks the more unsavoury parts of Thatchers Britain in the late 80s. Following on from the low key and funny The Supergrass, the Comic strip team lead by Peter Richardson go for the jugular with this anarchic and sometimes very funny comedy about those with and how those without plot their downfall. Alex is a frustrated waiter in a resturant called BASTARDS which caters for the horribly rich and just plain horrible. When Alex is sacked he is left homeless and then devises a plan to wreak revenge with the aid of Ron ,Jimmy and Fiona who all have there own reasons for getting there own back on the BASTARDS clentele. To add to that story a ruthless Commander Fortune played with ease and sinister charm by Crossroads stalwart Ronald Allen and his henchman Spider played by Lemmy!!!! are determined to bring down Home Sec Nosh played by long term stunt man Nosher Powell. Nosh is an uncouth hard drinking womaniser who is only one crude step away from becoming PM. Most of the humour involves drinking, swearing, cannibalism and lashings of Motorhead on the soundtrack. Director Peter Richardson pulls out all the stops here as he attacks the system in place at the time and allows Nosher to stamp on private parts and wee in Buckingham palace grounds. Its also good fun looking out for celebrity cameos from Paul McCartney,Bill Wyman,Sandie Shaw and Jools Holland. It might not be subtle and i guess thats half the films point but its also very strange that this film didnt turn up in the Comic Strip boxset released a few years ago. A film of its time then but with plenty of delicious dark humour amid the more obvious gags . Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A pretty good flick, especially after they start serving up the rich snobs. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member It's only Rock'n'Roll, but I like it ! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Derek Malcolm Guardian Eat the Rich is described as a gourmet epic and I find it indigestible. Apr 21, 2022 Full Review Victoria Mather Daily Telegraph (UK) The film, directed and written by Richardson, is funnier than expected, which is not to say that it is as funny as it ought to be, mainly because Lamar Pellay is less disaffected than affected. Apr 21, 2022 Full Review Time Out Make what you will of the politics, as a series of sketches it delivers the laughs. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) One of the most inventive and politically savvy films to surface, on either side of the Atlantic, for a long while. Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) A sort of moronic innocence robs the film of offense without making it endearing. Apr 21, 2022 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 13, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Terrorists and a rude waiter (Lanah Pellay) attack a politician (Nosher Powell) and take over an exclusive London club.
      Director
      Peter Richardson
      Production Co
      Channel Four Films, Michael White Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 8, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $194.9K
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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