Review of The Horse's Mouth (1958) by Mike P — 18 Feb 2009
In "The Horse's Mouth" Alec Guinness is Gulley Jimson, and Gulley Jimson is a miserable human being with a passion for painting ugly paintings.
Guinness' characterization is something akin to a spoiled twelve-year-old who's drunk too much whiskey, and smoked too many cigarettes. It's more annoying than endearing, and wallowing in the self-absorbtion of the man, and hanging around his shrill friends got tiring after a while...until the picture redeems itself somewhere in the last half-hour or so.
I'm still not eager to watch it again any time soon. Watch Guinness' far superior Ealing Studios comedies instead.
This review of The Horse's Mouth (1958) was written by Mike P on 18 Feb 2009.
The Horse's Mouth has generally received positive reviews.
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