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Oh! What a Lovely War

Wendy Allnutt (Actor), Colin Farrell (Actor), Richard Attenborough (Director) | Rated: G (General Audience) | Format: DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh! What a Lovely War, Mar 18 2009
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Linda M. (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oh! What a Lovely War (DVD)
Excellent! We have been trying to get a copy of this for years. We have enjoyed it over and over, and shared with friends as well. The music is exceptional. A trip down memory lane!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superior antiwar film, Nov 29 2007
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This has to be one of the greatest antiwar films ever made. I happen to prefer black comedies as a way of making a political statement and this is an excellent example of the art. World War One was fought for no good purpose or result. Lawrence Olivier and John Mills are terrific as generals who fight their wars from the rear because they find it less exciting. If anyone ever deserve a knighthood it is Richard Attenborough.
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2.0 out of 5 stars 60's avant-garde musical revue mangling the Great War, Feb 18 2007
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bernie "webviator" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh! What a Lovely War (DVD)
This film (that started as a radio play) takes a bought as long ad the war and mangles the history and substitutes words (one respirator for the four of us) for standard songs. For a little while one can put up with metaphors and Monty Python skits. However after a while it gets quite boring. You have to know history to keep up with the skits; if you know history then this is a waist of time emulating it.

Very ingenious settings in a pavilion (Brighton) by the sea set up the prolog to describe the positions before the war. The scattered reference to red poppies are quite fascination but not worth plugging through the film. There is a brief but good emulation of the Christmas meeting in no-man's land.

In the tradition of "The Longest Day" we get to see cameos of many famous actors of the day. It is quite fun to guess where we saw them before. Some of the song and dance is reminiscent of the quality that went into "Springtime for Hitler."

Bottom line is if you missed this film you haven't missed much.

The DVD version includes Richard Attenborough's excuse for the way this was displayed.
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