100
San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
A wildly funny sex farce that smartly combines big-time silliness with sophisticated wit.
Fierce Creatures
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- United Kingdom,
- United States
- 1997
- · 93m
Directors
Fred Schepisi,
Robert Young
Cast
John Cleese,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Kevin Kline,
Michael Palin,
Robert Lindsay,
Ronnie Corbett
Genre
Comedy,
Romance
Ex-policeman Rollo is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a tycoon. In order to meet high-profit targets, Rollo enforces a "fierce creatures" policy, whereby only the most dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the zookeepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
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90
Variety by Leonard Klady
A hilarious farce.
88
San Francisco Examiner by Barbara Shulgasser
Amazing comic performances...give this comedy its lovely manic pace, kept just within the realm of sanity.
80
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
The real fun here comes from watching Mr. Kline bounding through two archly good performances, Mr. Cleese coming hilariously unstrung in the presence of Ms. Curtis and all those adorable animals.
80
The New York Times by Elvis Mitchell
The real fun here comes from watching Mr. Kline bounding through two archly good performances, Mr. Cleese coming hilariously unstrung in the presence of Ms. Curtis and all those adorable animals.
80
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Combining the gentle with the vulgar as only the English can, this lively comedy is bursting with character and energy.
78
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
Inspired lunacy.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
It's still a lot of fun, and I welcome any film that keeps me entertained for nearly the entire running length.
70
Salon
Mostly smart enough to stick to pure farce and let its animals take care of their own rights. It's a charming diversion, and it treads lightly even when it has something weightier on its mind.
70
Time by Richard Schickel
This good-natured movie is very much in the spirit of those ancient comedies from Ealing Film Studios in which nice, silly people defend some enclave of old-fashioned sanity against the forces of brute modernism. [27 January 1997, p. 68]
70
Dallas Observer by Andy Klein
A lovely little comedy that--like its predecessor--will, one hopes, buck the odds and find its audience.
70
Salon by Scott Rosenberg
Mostly smart enough to stick to pure farce and let its animals take care of their own rights. It's a charming diversion, and it treads lightly even when it has something weightier on its mind.
63
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
With this cast, you are guaranteed moments of inspired lunacy. It's still fun watching Cleese get caught with his pants down. But the material seems familiar and overworked.
63
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Doesn't quite click.
60
Slate by David Edelstein
Amounts to a pantheistic love-in: "A Fish Called Wanda" for vegetarians.
40
The A.V. Club
Cute lemurs and a couple jabs at corporate a--holery can't save Fierce Creatures from its manic malaise.
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