I imagine I saw this first on cable, because I have never been a fan of John Cleese, Monty Python, or "Fawlty Towers" (not one of the better Britcoms, in my opinion). But I had to buy it because I like it so much. It is charming in the understated British manner of films such as "Only Two Can Play" and so many others of that genre. I only wish the average Brit could know how very much so many Americans love their movies, whether it's a John Cleese comedy or Dirk Bogarde in "The Servant." I have been making a point of seeing British (and other foreign) films since I first discovered them in my early teens with "Doctor in the House," which I was introduced to on a group date, followed by "Doctor at Sea" and "Carry on Nurse" and on and on and on. If only Hollywood was producing similar films today. Good, clean comedies with great scripts seem to have petered out since the '70s and '80s, when Hollywood managed to produce such quality comedies as "Into the Night," "American Dreamer," "Making Mr. Right," "Just Tell Me What You Want," etc. Now it's all scatological, adolescent-level, unfunny smut. (Not to mention the entertainment industry trend all Hollywood and American TV seems to have adopted lately: gratuitously simulating the killing or maiming of animals in a sick attempt at humor. I do not watch movies that abuse animals in this way and turn off the TV if it starts to happen while I'm watching. There is nothing funny in promoting the injury or deaths of innocent animals because writers lack imagination. Sorry for the editorial, but this is a very sore point with me.) Anyway, Clockwise is subtle, charming, pastoral, and funny and I highly recommend it.
Review of Clockwise
