Rating: - Stupid Movie
I bought this for a friend of mine who simply "had to have it" because of several private reasons. I found it stupid.
Rating: - Instant Coffee? In Brazil?
One of my all-time favorites! The most delicious thing about this movie is all the subtle touches of humor - I especially love Peter Ustinov's attempt at speaking foreign languages. Everybody does a fantastic job...the heartbreak on Patti's face when Caesar asks for a deck of cards is priceless. If you enjoy sly, well-played comedy, this is one to watch!
Rating: - Marvelous, Just Marvelous
They mostly don't make films like this any more, and more's the pity.
Sir Peter Ustinov and Dame Maggie Smith have a marvellous chemistry, he as a charming embezzler/con man, she as a total disaster of a would-be "career girl".
As the film opens, Marcus Pendleton (Ustinov) is just getting out of gaol; the prison governor counsels him that he'd better go straight; computers are making it impossible to get away with his style of crime any more (that's how they got him this time), and he's getting too old for another spell in quod.
He agrees wholeheartedly.
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Rating: - Priceless
My best friend raved about this move to me when we were in high school, and when I finally had a chance to see it, I fell completely in love. It's not an exaggeration to say that I base friendships on whether people love this movie. If someone doesn't appreciate "Hot Millions," they are to be spurned forthwith.
There have seldom been two actors as charming as Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith; together, they push the charm quotient through the stratosphere. Whether prattling about curry ("It's vile, i'n't it?") or realizing how lonely they are (and how to solve that problem) they are astonishing. ... Read More
Rating: - A Little-known Gem
This is a gem of a caper film, with fantastic performances by Peter Ustinov and a very young Maggie Smith. Anyone who liked Alec Guinness in the "Lavender Hill Mob" should also like this one, and Ustinov's role is similarly understated and brilliant. Bob Newhart and Karl Malden also have a great parts as bank employees, putty in Ustinov's fingers. Besides the caper/con theme, this movie also touches on early computerization. How fun to see Ustinov's character grapple with the new technology of those giant old computers, and give the "expert" (Bob Newhart) a run for his money! Thoroughly enjoyable!
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