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By Tony P (976) on 09 Feb 2009

One of the best movies out there that leaves you feeling better about life, no matter who you are…

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By Adam E (677) on 08 Feb 2009

Forrest Gump's ancestor is not only funny and sweet but it's worth a look at least for Peter Sellers wonderfully restrained performance…

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By Ryan Cracknell (408) for Movie Views (286) on 06 Feb 2009

Sellers uses simple looks and gestures to bring light to some very serious situations…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 04 Feb 2009

A placid, poignant, well-kept secret of a movie…

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By Hawk L (132) on 04 Feb 2009

Is this movie about George W.? Kidding.... This role was perfect for Sellers, being a man with no personality…

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By Ashley C (536) on 01 Feb 2009

Being There puts Peter Sellers in a role unlike any other. Chance is a very Forrest Gump character…

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By Barnaby E (32) on 01 Feb 2009

A genuinely brilliant film, with Peter Sellers given a restrained but haunting performance…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Jan 2009

Whether Being There is an indictment of our narrow view of the world, a celebration of empty-headedness or all of the above, Life is a state…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 29 Jan 2009

one of the shrewdest, funniest, and most touching sociopolitical satires in movie history…

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By John D (2,323) on 28 Jan 2009

Peter Sellers at his very best. In his most controlled role in his career as Chance Gardner…

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By Nick O (721) on 24 Jan 2009

Main character Chance's (Peter Sellers, in his greatest work I've ever seen) power lies in simplicity that carries through to the entire movie…

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By Scott C (2,765) on 17 Jan 2009

A very simple man who has never left his house becomes a beacon of hope to America during a difficult financial crisis…

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By Paul N (1,195) on 16 Jan 2009

Sellers is brilliant in his last film, in possibly his quietest, most internalised performance…

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By Cécile B (4) on 13 Jan 2009

I thought this was a funny, clever, and well made film. I never really lost interest in the main character Chance…

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By Dan M (2,128) on 13 Jan 2009

I thought this was a funny, clever, and well made film. I never really lost interest in the main character Chance…

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By Paladin Of Odin (153) on 11 Jan 2009

Masterful performance from Sellars in one of the last great movies of 70's Amercan cinema…

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By Prasad P (92) on 08 Jan 2009

A superb social satire with a brilliant Peter Sellers in what would become his most poignant performance and also his last great screen appearance…

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By Kenneth S (525) on 07 Jan 2009

Sellers was robbed of the Oscar that year. Best movie of 1979…

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By Josh C (832) on 05 Jan 2009

The brilliant Peter Seller's magnum opus. A perfect adaptation of a wonderful book leads to (not suprisingly) an equally wonderful film…

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By Roger M (119) on 04 Jan 2009

I remember when, many years ago, reading the book thinking that it was fantastic. The film does not match up to that…

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