Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Rating: Release Date: 03 July, 2001 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Gene Wilder Margot Kidder Eileen Colgan David Kelly Complete Cast (8 total)

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Reviews

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Pleasant, Pleasant, Pleasant
The previous Amazon reviewers have given this five stars. QUACKSER FORTUNE is not one of the greatest movies of all time, and not one of the near-greatest. But it's a solid film, worth seeing. The two main characters are three-dimensional, for a change. Both Kidder and Wilder are wonderful in their roles. The picture drags too much; some good editing would have helped. Also there is a bit too much of -- how can I say it? -- reverse condescension. The Irish are a bit "quaint," which endears them to American audiences, I suppose, and also supplies a bit of distance. If this film were set in the US, we'd see two rather flaky people -- a do-it-alone selfish Wilder, and a silly college student Kidder. So it wouldn't work here. But set in Dublin, the trick is pulled off. Bottom line: a solid three-star film, each star standing for "pleasant."

A Gentle Classic Comedy
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a variety of films were made that would have little chance to exist prior to that period, and little chance for approval after that period. A good example of such a film is this gentle tale of an Irish dung collector in love, with Gene Wilder in the title role. Other usual classics from this era include "Get to Know Your Rabbit," with Orson Welles as the instructor at a school for tap-dancing magicians (also includes Katharine Ross from "The Graduate," along with Tommy Smothers and a great comic performance by John Astin), "Evil Roy Slade" (a made-for-TV parody western), "Inserts" (a rarely-seen film about the making of porn, with a strong cast), Marlon Brando's controversial erotic classic "Last Tango in Paris," the Beau Bridges film "The Landlord" (about a rich kid who buys a tenement), the French film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs," and various others. Most are not easy to find, but are available on video or DVD, and worth seeking out.

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