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A Fish Called Wanda

1988 1h 49m
Comedy Crime
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.2/10
2,512 reviews
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A Fish Called Wanda

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

"A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood."

Top Billed Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis
Wanda Gershwitz
John Cleese
John Cleese
Archie Leach
Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Otto
Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Ken Pile
Maria Aitken
Maria Aitken
Wendy
Tom Georgeson
Tom Georgeson
Georges Thomason
Cynthia Cleese
Cynthia Cleese
Portia
Patricia Hayes
Patricia Hayes
Mrs. Coady

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

T The Movie Diorama Verified TMDB Critic
2020-01-16

A Fish Called Wanda swimmingly sails through a screenplay fishing for eccentricity. You may or may not already know, that comedies are not my genre of choice. The heartless individual that I am fails to grasp humour in its entirety, finding the most unusual of gags hilarious yet the most mainstream of jokes unwaveringly pointless. “Classic” British comedy, despite being a patriotic Brit myself, is just one of those strands I’ve never tangled with. ‘Monty Python’ and 80s sitcoms reassure my darkened thoughts where most others would laugh out loud, for I am dead inside.

Naturally, a...

F Filipe Manuel Neto Verified TMDB Critic
2024-02-12

**A light comedy that works reasonably well, but ends up being forgettable.**

I saw this film when I was younger, fifteen or twenty years ago, and I really liked it. However, time passes, we change, and when I saw him last night I couldn't feel the same fun I had felt. It all starts with a robbery and the theft of a large amount of diamonds. The thieves are a team that doesn't know each other well, but where there is no honor: after betraying each other and one ending up in prison, the diamonds disappear. While trying to find out what happened to them, the group will have the difficult task...