A Very Important Person

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isla s This is an amusing film. I found the main character, Sir Ernest Pease, quite amusing in terms of his snooty attitude not going down very well with others in the PoW camp, to say the least. I liked some of his quick remarks, such as 'I am not at all cordially interested in gardening!' after another character brings up the past time of gardening/horticulture. Another instance/example of a short amusing piece of of dialogue is (talking about how he was captured, after an air based incident):- Ernest - 'I fell out of the aircraft after...' official officer working at the camp - 'that was quite careless, wasn't it?'. Leslie Philips plays his usual type of character, with a bit of camp-ness and there is a Scottish character 'Jock' Everett (so there are some stereotypes at play I suppose) and also John Le Mesurier is present, as an officer. I thought this was quite an amusing film, even though its got a serious setting, being war based etc. The comedy is perhaps a bit basic for some peoples taste maybe - being primarily visual and slapstick based, quite light hearted - I suppose its not dis similar to that in Dads Army but in any case, I certainly enjoyed it, even though there are quite outdated opinions voiced but then they mostly just emphasise what a pompous man Pease is. Its a black and white film but if that doesn't put you off then I'd recommend it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member As good as comic film gets. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Comedy doesn't age well. While we're obviously meant to be amused by his bloated ego, it's not always obvious now what the joke is. And when he's such a pompous sexist asshole it's hard to want him to succeed, as we're obviously meant to. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member good UK WWII pic post WWII simaliar to US service comedies Hollywood was cranking out. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member funny British comedy.... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member They don't make them like this anymore Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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