Review of Fierce Creatures (1997) by Stuart K — 07 Apr 2009
Nearly a decade after the success of A Fish Called Wanda (1988), John Cleese reunited the original cast for a follow-up, which wasn't as successful as their first successful effort, but it's alot better than what most people say it is, and it's worth another look, it's alot funnier than you remember.
It has the picturesque Marwood Zoo in England being bought up by conglomerate Octopus Inc. ran by Aussie Rod McCain (Kevin Kline), he sends his playboy son Vince (Kline again) and recent employee Willa Weston (Jamie Lee Curtis) to run the zoo, which is being run by Rollo Lee (Cleese) employed by Octopus, however Lee's idea that only Fierce animals attract crowds don't go down with the zoo-keepers, led by chatterbox insects expert Adrian "Bugsy" Malone (Michael Palin), however McCain Jr.
thinks advertising will bring the zoo's revenue up. It's an underrated little comedy, and it's humour does depend alot on farce, with Cleese doing his Basil Fawlty schtick. However, it does have a good number of laughs, plus Ronnie Corbett is in it, everyone likes him!! :D.
This review of Fierce Creatures (1997) was written by Stuart K on 07 Apr 2009.
Fierce Creatures has generally received positive reviews.
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