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A Fish Called Wanda

Name: A Fish Called Wanda
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1988-07-15
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.205

★ 7,2 /10 (2,422 Votes)

1988 EN 109 min

Overview

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

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Release date

15/07/1988

Votes

2,422

Popularity

2.9

A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.

Genres

Comedy Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

109 min

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$188,593,712

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A Fish Called Wanda swimmingly sails through a screenplay fishing for eccentricity. You may or may not already know, that comedies are not my genre of choice. The heartless individual that I am fails to grasp humour in its entirety, finding the most unusual of gags hilarious yet the most mainstream of jokes unwaveringly pointless. “Classic” British comedy, despite being a patriotic Brit myself, is just one of those strands I’ve never tangled with. ‘Monty Python’ and 80s sitcoms reassure my darkened thoughts where most others would laugh out loud, for I am dead inside. Naturally, approaching…

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**A light comedy that works reasonably well, but ends up being forgettable.** I saw this film when I was younger, fifteen or twenty years ago, and I really liked it. However, time passes, we change, and when I saw him last night I couldn't feel the same fun I had felt. It all starts with a robbery and the theft of a large amount of diamonds. The thieves are a team that doesn't know each other well, but where there is no honor: after betraying each other and one ending up in prison, the diamonds disappear. While trying to find out what happened to them, the group will have the difficult task…

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