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Few movies can hope to be that funny. "Fierce Creatures" is not. It lacks the hair-trigger timing, the headlong rush into comic illogic, that made "Wanda" so special. But it does have a charm of its own, and moments of wicked inspiration (regarding the problem of shooting the harmless animals: "It's a pity this isn't Texas; we could charge people to do it for us") One of the problems may be the dual role by Kevin Kline. Although multiple roles sometimes work (as in Eddie Murphy's family dinner scene in " The Nutty Professor "), they're more often a distraction. Part of my mind is forever trying to see through the trick. I'm observing that they're usually not in the same frame at the same time--and when they are, I'm thinking about how it was done. That brief lack of focus is deadly to the concentration needed for perfect comic timing. There's also a subtle failure of timing in some of the slapstick sequences, as when a dead body is being dealt with toward the end. Slapstick doesn't consist merely of rushing around frantically; it has a clockwork logic, in which every element must be in position at precisely the right moment.
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Having worked under the proprietorship of media baron Rupert Murdoch, I was receptive to the satirical version of him presented in "Fierce Creatures, " where a Murdochian tycoon wonders if he could buy the satellite TV rights to all of the executions in China. Nor did I blink at a scene where a new employee turns up to program his station, only to learn he has sold it that very morning. At that level, corporations change hands faster than the rest of us unload used cars. The Murdoch figure in "Fierce Creatures, " named McCain ( Kevin Kline), is a blustering bully who demands that all of his properties return an annual profit of at least 20 percent. That includes a zoo he has recently acquired, more or less by accident, in England. He assigns a man named Rollo Lee ( John Cleese) to run the zoo, and Lee immediately orders that it will feature only dangerous animals--since they're the best at boosting ticket sales. All other animals must be shot. This is a funny idea, especially when filtered through the apoplectic character Cleese created on "Fawlty Towers" and essentially repeats here.
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Why this movie? I don't know. I lied. I do know. This is a comedy that's not comprised of gut-busters. It's pleasant and rather inoffensive. It's not an amazing movie by any means, and I can totally understand why it's major claim to fame is having the same cast as A Fish Called Wanda. I just like it. Fierce Creatures is the spiritual sequel to one of the greatest comedies of all time A Fish Called Wanda. Once again this movie stars John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. This movie was just okay which disappointed me. This movie is a comedy taking place at a Zoo and like it's predecessor there is a romance going on. I thought that a Zoo was a great place to do a comedy. In some ways this movie had me laughing. The cast is charming as always and some tongue and cheek jokes land. I'd say Kevin Kline is probably the funniest of the group. He gets the most to do because Curtis and Cleese are always in… It's the cast of A Fish Called Wanda and a bunch of animals. Impossible to not be amusing.
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But as a 90-minuet feature, the characters lack all internal consistency, the climactic sequence completely loses the plot of things, and the romance is recycled straight from A Fish Called Wanda, but this time making less sense. Add to that the running joke of the nearly 60-year-old John Cleese being a magnet… While it shares much of the same cast of monty python, it is not monty python. The humor is much more akin to Fawlty Towers. John Cleese is one of my favorites and he always will be. If you can get over how weirdly sexualised Jamie Lee Curtis is, then the movie is fantastically charming and funny. A fish called Wanda's less successful, less attractive but still at times humourous cousin. Dumb fun, wild animals and John Cleese as a lady-magnet. What's not to love? Fierce Creatures isn't as good as A Fish Called Wanda, which does automatically qualify it as a disappointment. But just as a comedy by itself, Fierce Creatures is an above-average romp featuring some of the funniest actors working.
Autocratic, shortsighted and hair-triggered, Rollo orders his staff to start shooting the harmless animals, and when they balk, he determines to do it himself. The staff, a grab bag of eccentric animal lovers, unsuccessfully tries to convince him that all of the animals are dangerous. ("The meercat is known as the piranha of the desert! It can strip a corpse clean in three minutes! ") Although Rollo's executions do not proceed precisely on schedule, a greater threat to his reign is presented by the arrival of old McCain's son Vince (Kline, in a dual role) and Willa Weston ( Jamie Lee Curtis), the deposed programmer. Vince desperately hopes to take over the zoo and increase its profits, in order to prove himself to his cruel and distant father. Willa wants a share of the glory, and both Vince and Rollo want a share of her generous charms, displayed in the kind of wardrobe that might result if women's business suits were designed by Frederick's of Hollywood. Kline, Cleese, Curtis and Michael Palin (as a hapless animal lover) are reassembled here for the first time since the brilliant comedy " A Fish Called Wanda " (1988).
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Fierce Creatures Theatrical release poster Directed by Robert Young Fred Schepisi Produced by Michael Shamberg John Cleese Written by Iain Johnstone Starring Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline Michael Palin Ronnie Corbett Carey Lowell Robert Lindsay Music by Jerry Goldsmith Cinematography Ian Baker Adrian Biddle Edited by Robert Gibson Production company Jersey Films Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date January 24, 1997 (United States) February 14, 1997 (United Kingdom) Running time 93 minutes Country United Kingdom United States Language English Budget $25 million [1] Box office $9. 4 million [2] Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British-American farcical comedy film. While not literally a sequel, Fierce Creatures is a spiritual successor to the 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda. Both films star John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin and Cynthia Cleese. Fierce Creatures was written by John Cleese, and directed by Robert Young and Fred Schepisi. The film was dedicated to Gerald Durrell and Peter Cook.
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[3] Reception [ edit] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 55% based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 5. 58/10. The site's critical consensus reads " Fierce Creatures reunites A Fish Called Wanda' s talented ensemble for a comedy that, while not without its moments, suffers from diminishing returns". [4] Roger Ebert awarded the film two and a half out of four stars, and compared it unfavourably to A Fish Called Wanda, stating: "It lacks the hair-trigger timing, the headlong rush into comic illogic, that made Wanda so special. " [5] Cleese has since stated that following up A Fish Called Wanda with a second film had been a mistake. When asked in 2008 by his friend, director and restaurant critic Michael Winner what he would do differently if he could live his life again, Cleese responded, "I wouldn't have married Alyce Faye Eichelberger and I wouldn't have made Fierce Creatures. " [6] References [ edit] External links [ edit] Fierce Creatures on IMDb Fierce Creatures at Rotten Tomatoes Fierce Creatures at British Comedy Guide