A Fish Called Wanda Critic Reviews

The funniest movie I have seen in a long time.Read the full review

A convulsively funny affair.[15 July 1988, Calendar, p. 6-1]Read the full review

One of the best-constructed, funniest, and most clever comedies to grace motion picture screens in recent years. It's outrageous, offensive, and even a little sick -- and all the more enjoyable because of it.Read the full review

If it is indeed possible for a film to be both stylish and tasteless, then A Fish Called Wanda certainly fills the bill.Read the full review

I laughed so hard, my eyes watered. I laughed so loud, I lost track of whether anyone else was laughing. I laughed so much, I ached afterwards. [29 July 1988, Daily Notebook, p.E1]Read the full review

The dialogue reports funny things instead of showing them. The movie remains in a limbo halfway between the informed anarchy of Monty Python comedy stripped of all social and political satire, and the comparatively genteel comedy of "The Lavender Hill Mob." [15 July 1988, p.C8] Read the full review

This crumbled-caper comedy is the funniest movie ever from a film maker late in his eighth decade. [22 July 1988, Life, p.4D]Read the full review

Curtis steals the show with her keen sense of comic timing and sneaky little grins and asides.Read the full review

It's a deliciously dishy comedy, but like sushi an acquired taste.Read the full review