Review of The Magic Christian (1969) by Cj C — 09 Aug 2006

PSellers as Guy Grand, sadly a very true tale.

This review of The Magic Christian (1969) was written by Cj C on 09 Aug 2006.

The Magic Christian has generally received mixed reviews.

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Sellers is great in showing how Marx was right on when he said $ was the reason behind everything people do. Slow start but gets pretty smart…

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By Mariella M (8) on 30 Dec 2008

Trippu 60's smaltz with Ringo and Peter Sellers and more worht checking out but somewhat nahz…

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By Andrew U (319) on 13 Feb 2008

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It's really hard for me to decide whether this movie is a fresh or a rotten for me since it dwells on both sides, but I'll just give it a fresh…

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