The Magic Christian

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Joker N A few things have to be remembered going into watching this movie : The year it was made this was way ahead of it's time, the fact that it was made in the UK and not in the USA (Had it been shot in the USA perhaps the critics then would have given more merit) and the use of a majority of the cast were playing against their then stereo typical roles in theatre / TV and film. With the above in mind it is a dark satire / a black comedy. Those who say the gags don't pay off are obviously missing the point. It's staggered, there are some points that drag, could it have been edited better? Maybe but the drugs were good back in those days... The cast is a veritable who's who from both sides of the Atlantic. End of the day if you watch this with an open mind and not just open eyes it follows the moral of the original story as written : Everyone has a price. This mortal stands today as it did then and somehow rings more true in the 2020's than it did in the late 1960's. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Perhaps the grandest prank Sir Guy Grand ever pulled was to fool audiences into thinking that this brazenly irreverent satire of capitalist exploitation contains any coherent message or narrative—though the Badfinger soundtrack is terrific, and it is intermittently funny, with the auction sequence (and John Cleese) alone earning an extra half-star. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best films on senseless greed and materialism Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review delysid d great movie that reminded me of bedazzled, every home should have one, magical mystery tour, casino royale, head, monty python Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/19 Full Review Audience Member The Magic Christian is a bizarre reflection of reality, and what we think of as normalcy in terms of our condition, then and now. It may seem outrageous and vulgar and surprising, and the film shocked many who saw it, and many walked out on it or thought it was just too absurd to be enjoyed for what it is: a social commentary on the social, political, and economic inequality of this world, and how money is truly the root of all evil, and that our morals and ethics are totally decayed by this artificial and intangible thing. It is at once bizarre and entertaining, full of cameos like Yul Brenner, Raquel Welch, Roman Polanski, John Cleese, Richard Attenborough, Graham Chapman, and Christopher Lee. Of course, Peter Sellers and Ringo Star are the stars of the film. It's a shame that this movie was not well received as what it is: a social commentary and critique of the modern world. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this in a theater in 1970 in Saskatoon. I thought it was funny. I was 14 years old. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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