Ambling comedy with Gene Wilder as a Polish rabbi traveling to San Francisco. He has a number of unsurprising adventures encountering Indians, monks, a robber (Harrison Ford, not quite right), some nasty bandits (inc William smith). Ramshackle and not unentertaining, the funniest bits seem to be throwaway lines. Eg Wilder’s Rabbi came 83rd in his class. Minor Robert Aldrich; his touch is pleasingly (and surprisingly) light.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Movie review - "The Frisco Kid" (1979) **
Ambling comedy with Gene Wilder as a Polish rabbi traveling to San Francisco. He has a number of unsurprising adventures encountering Indians, monks, a robber (Harrison Ford, not quite right), some nasty bandits (inc William smith). Ramshackle and not unentertaining, the funniest bits seem to be throwaway lines. Eg Wilder’s Rabbi came 83rd in his class. Minor Robert Aldrich; his touch is pleasingly (and surprisingly) light.
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