A Fish Called Wanda: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 47 reviews

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Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

50

It's not easy to describe the movie's accumulating dimness or to understand what went wrong.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

It's a deliciously dishy comedy, but like sushi an acquired taste.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

It'll keep you amused enough to sit still and even remember it fondly. But it seems a light day's fishing for Messers Cleese and Palin.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

100

The funniest movie I have seen in a long time.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Like many of the best English comedies, much of the humor here is based on character, good-natured high spirits, and fairly uninhibited vulgarity.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

Though it is less tasteless, irreverent and satirical than the Python pics, film still is wacky and occasionally outrageous in its own, distinctly British way.
Full Review » 4 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

100

When it comes to comedians, everyone has their favorite. Mine is John Cleese.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Richard Schickel TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

Wanda defies gravity, in both senses of the word, and redefines a great comic tradition.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Elliot Panek Common Sense Media

60

Crime caper with a wicked edge. Not for kids.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

67

Wacky farcical entertainment.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Film4

It's a comedy classic.
Full Review » 3 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

75

Although filled with clever twists and double-crosses, the film's storyline is less important than the opportunities it gives the actors to exploit their goofy characterizations.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

75

This fish is swimming with laugh-out-loud moments.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

90

No pun intended, but all the stars aligned for this film. It was the perfect blend of British and American humor.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Pete Croatto Filmcritic.com

80

it's the right time to watch A Fish Called Wanda, so it can finally get the quotable legacy it so richly deserves
Full Review » 6 years ago
JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Emporium

80

It's the humor, the quick pace of the film and the hilarious performance put forth by Kline that ultimately carries this thing, with its tight ending making it all that much better.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)

100

One of the funniest movies of the decade.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Stephen Garrett Time Out

There's nothing deep, nothing ground-breaking, but it's a never-dull, tightly scripted yarn with some very funny gags.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs

100

One of the greatest comedies of all time.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Tony Medley tonymedley.com

80

Cleese at the top of his game
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

80

A surprisingly stylish comedy from 1988 -- an era not known for stylish comedies.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Gregory Weinkauf New Times

100

Sweet, and almost as much fun as Fierce Creatures.
Full Review » 8 years ago