1981 · romantic-comedy · drunk · class
Arthur
Directed by Steve Gordon1h 37m1981
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Our read: Arthur (1981) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded romantic-comedy · drunk · class entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle romantic-comedy / drunk, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- funny
Watching Arthur tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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How Arthur feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want boozy screwball sweetness with Dudley Moore and Gielgud's dry wit.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if constant comic drunkenness and bedroom farce feel dated or icky.
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