For Southern to be funny at all, jokes must be carried too far and decorum exploded at every turn. Even if McGrath were inclined to handle the material this way, mush of it has dated, and the screenplay by Southern, McGrath, and Peter Sellers does not so much update it as displace it. [26 Feb 1970, p.60]
The Magic Christian
United Kingdom · 1969
Rated PG · 1h 32m
Director Joseph McGrath
Starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston
Genre Comedy
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Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought with money.
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A curdled, unfunny satire made more painful by McGrath’s inappropriately jubilant style.
The New Yorker by Pauline Kael
There are funny moments, but they don't add up to enough.
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