Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.
The Patsy has generally received positive reviews.
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The Patsy was released in 1964 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 19 reviews, giving The Patsy (1964) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 72% and users giving an average score of 70%.
With a score of 61%, The Patsy is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1964, which stands at 61%.
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