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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

R07/15/1988Comedy, Crime1h 49m

A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.

Overview

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jamie Lee Curtis

    Wanda Gershwitz

  2. Cast 1

    John Cleese

    Archie Leach

  3. Cast 1

    Kevin Kline

    Otto

  4. Cast 1

    Michael Palin

    Ken Pile

  5. Cast 1

    Maria Aitken

    Wendy

  6. Cast 1

    Tom Georgeson

    Georges Thomason

  7. Cast 1

    Cynthia Cleese

    Portia

  8. Cast 1

    Patricia Hayes

    Mrs. Coady

  9. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Palmer

    Judge

A Fish Called Wanda swimmingly sails through a screenplay fishing for eccentricity. You may or may not already know, that comedies are not my genre of choice. The heartless individual that I am fails to grasp humour in its entirety, finding the most unusual of gags hilarious yet the most mainstream of jokes unwaveringly pointless. “Classic” British comedy, despite being a patriotic Brit myself, is just one of those strands I’ve never tangled with. ‘Monty Python’ and 80s sitcoms reassure my darkened thoughts where most others would laugh out loud, for I am dead inside. Naturally, approaching...