6/10
Top notch Geoffrey Rush acting bringing to the life the stirring Sellers existence.
7 December 2006
It's a Peter Sellers biography well played by the excellent player Geoffrey Rush(Oscar winner by Shine) and Chalize Theron (also Oscar winner by Monster)as Brit Ekland.Picture reflects the tempestuous relationship with his two first wives Anne(Emily Watson) and Brit and with his parents(Miriam Margolyes and Peter Vaughan). Besides with another actress as Sophia Loren(Sonia Aquino)of whom he was enamored and she rejected him by her husband Carlo Ponti(Long). Geoffrey Rush combines splendidly the comic talent of Peter Sellers at his peak and he makes witty spoof of the absurdities of strange people.Rush is a magnificent Sellers and Theron is an awesome Ekland.The picture has some funny scenes and outrages cameos(Heidi Klum as Ursula Andress;Nigel Havers as David Niven among others). The entertainment deals on the identifying the films that he starred and guess the actors are acting, but are brought to the life images of the following movies :1) Its early stages with Spike Milligan(Edward Tudor)who formed a known comic couple and falling in love with Sophia Loren while is filming 2)¨The mouse that roared ¨(directed by Jack Arnold).3)Rush-Sellers appears dressed as toreador for his film ¨Walz of the toreador¨(John Guillermin).5)¨Casino Royale¨with intervention of director Joe McGrath(Williams)who is insistently asking to Sellers.5)His acting in¨Dr Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb¨where Rush-Sellers makes a great performance in three hilarious roles directed by Stanley Kubrick(Stanley Tucci).6)Of course ¨The Pink panther¨(Shot in the Dark,Return, Panther strikes again),his most famous success as the inept,botcher Inspector Closeau with hilarious moments,slapstick and funny scenes ,including the usual struggle with Cato.Besides his love-hate relationship with the director Blake Edwards(John Lithgow) and leaving with no beginning a film titled : ¨The romance of Pink Panther¨.7)¨Being There¨:A biting satiric comedy and a sublimely enjoyable pic, features his last great screen interpretation,Rush repeats perfectly the Sellers scenes.His portrayal of a naive gardener rising to great political heights is wonderful. The last Sellers film was ¨The fiendish plot of Fumanchu¨(Piers Haggard)that was an authentic flop and starred with his last wife Lynne Frederick(she early died) who inherited the most part of his fortune though he was separated of her in the death moment ,he hadn't turned the testament.His sons only inherited a few money.If you're a Geffrey Rush and Peter Sellers fan,you'll like it. Well Catching.
5 out of 6 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed