Review of Rhinoceros (1974) by Irvin C — 12 Jul 2009

In my memory seeing this at the about 5 years old, this was the biggest horror movie in the world. It was darker and I thought it was french. Maybe there is a french version?

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However, this film was just plain awful and teaches you never to hunt up what you enjoyed in the memory of your childhood. To begin with I have never liked Gene Wilder, with the only films I can actually watch with him in are Mel Brooks films. We have such overacting and craziness here that you simply get tired listening to it. I suspect that the script is really for a theater rather than movie - and instead of adopting the script to suit a movie - they just "filmed the theater play". The sets are only four, café, office, apartment and roof, each of the first three drawn out with almost no substance.

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Ok, gone back and read a bit more on IMDB. The film is in fact based on a play, and is originally French. And, not unlikely the film I saw and scared the big Jesus out of me as a child was "De rinoceros" from 1961.

So lets hope I can find that one - and by doing so NOT listen to what I said few lines above about never going back to look at something you loved as a child.

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Main point though - STAY well clear of this disastrous movie with Gene Wilder.