Fotheringay (Roland Young) is one day given the power to work miracles. He doesn't rush into things but asks different people what he should do with his new powers. He tries all sorts - he conjures up a rose bush in the middle of the road, he sends a policeman to hell, then has a change of heart and sends him to San Francisco instead, he changes the Colonel Winstanley's (Ralph Richardson) whiskey to water, makes himself invincible so that when Winstanley shoots him he doesn't die, etc. However he cannot make the woman he fancies love him. Eventually, he creates a palace filled with the celebrities of the day and orders them to change the world for him. However, this has disastrous consequences as he goes a step too far.
The film starts well and is quite amusing as Fotheringay discovers his powers and starts working a few miracles as described above. However, it loses it's pace and becomes quite wordy. We don't want all the chit-chat - we want to see more miracles. Also, the cast aren't very good. Roland Young is fine in the lead role but unfortunately, Ralph Richardson gives one of those obvious British twit performances as the Colonel and this makes the film drag. He's meant to be funny but provides no humour at all. The women are especially insipid in this film.
It starts well and even though it seems to go nowhere for a while, it's still ok. It will also leave you thinking what you would do if you had the powers to make anything happen.
The film starts well and is quite amusing as Fotheringay discovers his powers and starts working a few miracles as described above. However, it loses it's pace and becomes quite wordy. We don't want all the chit-chat - we want to see more miracles. Also, the cast aren't very good. Roland Young is fine in the lead role but unfortunately, Ralph Richardson gives one of those obvious British twit performances as the Colonel and this makes the film drag. He's meant to be funny but provides no humour at all. The women are especially insipid in this film.
It starts well and even though it seems to go nowhere for a while, it's still ok. It will also leave you thinking what you would do if you had the powers to make anything happen.