Review of Lucky Jim (1909) by Gary T — 01 Nov 2015

WOW.....WOW.....WOW.....WOW.....STUNNING.....GENIUS......FANTASTIC......AMAZING.......I HAVE JUST SEEN THIS MOVIE 4 THE 1ST TIME N THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A FANTASTIC MOVIE 2 WATCH......ITS GOT A GOOD CAST OF ACTORS/ACTRESSESS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE.......I think that ian carmichael (.R.I.P.), terry Thomas (.R.I.P.), hugh Griffith (.R.I.P.), Sharon acker, jean Anderson (.R.I.P.), marureen Connell, play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....I think that the director of this comedy/classics movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie........I think that this is such an entertaining movie 2 watch its such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch, its got such a fantastic cast throughout this movie......I think that this is such a fantastic comedy movie 2 watch,.

The film critic writing for The Times, gave the film a mixed review after the UK premiere in September 1957, stating that the film, "carries over enough gusto from the original to be funnier than the usual run of British comedies, without managing to avoid lapses into incoherence through pressing the Joke too far.".

When the film premiered in the USA a year later, Howard Thompson of the New York Times wasn't very impressed and called Ian Carmichael "an English answer to Jerry Lewis": "Let's fervently hope this stale attempt at mirth, furiously sliding back and forth from leaden coyness to plain custard-pie confusion, doesn't mean the end of all the sly, civilized fun we've come to expect from the British specialists.".

In its 2010 obituary over Ian Carmichael, The Guardian wrote: "One of his most characteristic and memorable sorties... was his portrayal of Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim-the anti-hero James Dixon, who savaged the pretensions of academia, as Amis had himself sometimes clashed with academia when he was a lecturer at Swansea. Appearing in John and Roy Boulting's 1957 film, he was able to suggest an unruly but amiable spirit at the end of its tether, his great horsey teeth exposed in the strained grimace that often greeted disaster.".

The whole cast is:::

Ian Carmichael - Jim Dixon.

Terry-Thomas - Bertrand Welch.

Hugh Griffith - Professor Welch.

Sharon Acker - Christine Callaghan.

Jean Anderson - Mrs Welch.

Maureen Connell - Margaret Peel.

Clive Morton - Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart.

John Welsh - The Principal.

Reginald Beckwith - University Porter.

Kenneth Griffith - Cyril Johns.

Jeremy Hawk - Bill Atkinson.

Ronald Cardew - Registrar.

Penny Morrell - Miss Wilson.

John Cairney - Roberts.

Ian Wilson - Glee Singer.

Charles Lamb - Contractor.

Henry B. Longhurst - Professor Hutchinson.

Jeremy Longhurst - Waiter.

It is an adaptation of the 1954 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. man this is such an enjoyable movie 2 watch with a great cast throughout this movie.......