A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

7	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Cleese

Charles Crichton

Starring (View all)

Archie Leach

Wanda Gershwitz

Otto

Ken Pile

Wendy

Georges Thomason

Mrs. Coady

Judge

Written by

John Cleese

(story) and

Charles Crichton

(story)

A Fish Called Wanda Trailers

Otto vs Ken

164 Views

Added 6 years ago

View all A Fish Called Wanda videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

3 votes

2 votes

1 vote

View all A Fish Called Wanda pictures (53 more)

Lists

339 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
list by upidipi

Published 4 years ago

623 comments

115 votes

Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (100 items)
list by KCenturion

Published 3 years, 8 months ago

28 comments

78 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (Deluxe) (1101 items)
list by Davie50

Published 3 years, 11 months ago

17 comments

77 votes

Black Comedy - Updated Jan 2013 (307 items)
list by jaytoast

Published 3 years, 3 months ago

34 comments

69 votes

Who the Oscars should have nominated: Acting (50 items)
list by Rossjm

Published 2 years, 6 months ago

22 comments

View all A Fish Called Wanda lists (214 more)

Reviews

A Comedy Called Perfection!!

4 years, 6 months ago at Oct 25 0:12

PvtCaboose91

5 votes

"I love robbing the English, they're so polite."

How does one distinguish the difference between a masterpiece and just another ordinary comedy? For starters, an ordinary comedy is commonly clichéd beyond all comprehension - i.e. characters are standard, events are glaringly foreseeable and the structure is far too formulaic. In addition, an ordinary comedy usually features well-kn... read more

Under-appreciated brit com

6 years ago at Apr 27 13:18

Prelude

4 votes

This is my favorite british comedy, even more so than the Monty Python classics. But I'm saddened that it's getting dissed here at listal. 6.8 average? come on, are people simply voting based on the silly title, or have they actually sat down and enjoyed this comedy-robbery-blackmail-double-crossing laugh-til-it-hurts fest?

so many memorable lines...

'Oh no! It's ... read more

80's Brit-Com

4 weeks ago at Apr 21 17:49

moviebuff15

2 votes

There is no doubt- John Cleese is a funny guy, although he has his occasional misfires (most recently his animated works "Shrek Forever After" and "Planet 51.") Here he is not "Fawlty Towers" funny, but still manages to amuse and entertain, and he is backed up by a great cast, including Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline as a psychotic pseudo-intellectual dolt with a preference for m... read more

View all A Fish Called Wanda reviews (1 more)

Description: Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) brings her new secret lover, Otto (Kevin Kline) to England to help her and her lover George and stuttering animal lover Ken (Michael Palin) steal $20 million in diamonds. Wanda and Otto then turn in George to the police so they can have the loot for themselves, but George has already moved the diamonds and onl ... (more)

Release date : 15 July 1988
UPC: 027616626622

Comedy (41), Crime (19), 1988 (12), 1980s (12), Heist (12), British (11), Speech Impediment (8), Courtroom (7), Fish (6), Character Name In Title (6), Disguise (5), Necklace (5), Marriage (5), Lawyer (5), UK (5), Animal Abuse (4), Dog (4), Naked Man (4), Stuttering (4), Screwball (4)

Join Listal to add your own lists, reviews, tags, pictures and videos to this Movie

Update feed

arnott added this to a list 1 week, 5 days ago

BFI Top 100 British films (100 movies items)

Saffron added this to a list 2 weeks, 1 day ago

I never want to forget about... (186 movies items)

arnott added this to a list 3 weeks, 1 day ago

100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s by Digitaldreamdo (120 movies items)

arnott added this to a list 3 weeks, 4 days ago

100 Greatest Male Performances 1970-1989 by Digita (89 movies items)

"#32 Kevin Kline as Otto West"

propelas voted for a review of A Fish Called Wanda 3 weeks, 5 days ago

“There is no doubt- John Cleese is a funny guy, although he has his occasional misfires (most recently his animated works "Shrek Forever After" and "Pl”

lotr23 voted for a review of A Fish Called Wanda 3 weeks, 6 days ago

“There is no doubt- John Cleese is a funny guy, although he has his occasional misfires (most recently his animated works "Shrek Forever After" and "Pl”

ritapita added this to a list 4 weeks ago

fun movies to watch (15 movies items)

moviebuff15 posted a review 4 weeks ago

80's Brit-Com

“There is no doubt- John Cleese is a funny guy, although he has his occasional misfires (most recently his animated works "Shrek Forever After" and "Planet 51.") Here he is not "Fawlty Towers" funny, but still manages to amuse and entertain, and he is backed up by a great cast, including Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline as a psychotic pseudo-intellectual dolt with a preference for mangling Nietzsche.

Manipulative Wanda (Curtis,)stuttering animal lover Ken (Palin,) nutcase Otto (Kline) and George, the one with the plan, all aspire to rob a jewelry store. Wanda, who is fiddling with all the mens' emotions, and Otto, her incompetent lover, decide to double cross George and steal the diamonds, but George anticipates their move, and entrusts the key to the safe to Ken.” read more

kusperli added this to a list 4 weeks ago

Underrated & Overlooked Movies (18 movies items)

Grisly Atoms added this to a list 1 month ago

Watched in 2013 (115 movies items)

rewster added this to a list 1 month, 1 week ago

Best Comedy Film, Year by Year (34 movies items)

rewster voted for an image 1 month, 1 week ago

Jamie M. added this to a list 1 month, 1 week ago

Films and the critics who hate them (732 movies items)

"It's not easy to describe the movie's accumulating dimness or to understand what went wrong. - Vincent Canby, New York Times"

raisleygordon added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wide Releases (1838 movies items)

ToonHead2102 added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago

3003MasterpiecesToChangeYourLifeBeforeYouAscend-P2 (1001 movies items)

Saffron added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Movies that always make me feel better about life (52 movies items)

The Mighty Celestial added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

My Top 55 Favorite Romantic Comedies (55 movies items)

"I once had a fish for a pet. But it wasn't named Wanda. I called it Abe Vigoda. And unless you grew up watching 70's television, that "joke" probably doesn't make too much sense. But if you do get that joke, then you're probably witty enough to get the ones in this movie."