It's no good saying "Don't compare it to Wanda" - the makers rode on Wanda's coat-tails for publicity and there's an in-joke about it at the end between Cleese and Curtis. Also, some scenes are virtual remakes of others from Wanda (Cleese caught in state of undress! My aching sides.)
Even without its brilliant predecessor, this movie stinks on ice. If you find silly animal costumes, "flustered man sex jokes" ("Titsbits! I mean tidbits!" - repeat ad nauseam), repeated shots of JLC's cleavage (not on as good form as in Wanda, it has to be said) and fart gags entertaining then hallelujah! You've found your ultimate movie. For my part, I find all of the above tedious, hence my antipathy towards this movie. Cleese does his Fawlty schtick AGAIN ("SORRY!!" "WHAT?!?" etc), Palin does the same routine he's been doing throughout Python, Life Of Brian, Wanda etc. Kline is almost always funny, but even he labours in this. He gets marks for his "suicidal" line towards the end, but he seems in a state of panic throughout.
The recurring theme of Cleese being caught in compromising positions and as a result being thought a sex-maniac was old when the Carry On team did it to death in the Seventies. Similarly in Barbara Windsor territory were Curtis' lines in front of the Lemur cage - "Aren't they beautiful? Don't you just want to fondle them?" - while Cleese gurns like Sid James eating a nettle. We're entitled to expect better from these people.
Avoid.
Even without its brilliant predecessor, this movie stinks on ice. If you find silly animal costumes, "flustered man sex jokes" ("Titsbits! I mean tidbits!" - repeat ad nauseam), repeated shots of JLC's cleavage (not on as good form as in Wanda, it has to be said) and fart gags entertaining then hallelujah! You've found your ultimate movie. For my part, I find all of the above tedious, hence my antipathy towards this movie. Cleese does his Fawlty schtick AGAIN ("SORRY!!" "WHAT?!?" etc), Palin does the same routine he's been doing throughout Python, Life Of Brian, Wanda etc. Kline is almost always funny, but even he labours in this. He gets marks for his "suicidal" line towards the end, but he seems in a state of panic throughout.
The recurring theme of Cleese being caught in compromising positions and as a result being thought a sex-maniac was old when the Carry On team did it to death in the Seventies. Similarly in Barbara Windsor territory were Curtis' lines in front of the Lemur cage - "Aren't they beautiful? Don't you just want to fondle them?" - while Cleese gurns like Sid James eating a nettle. We're entitled to expect better from these people.
Avoid.