Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

kris-gray First let me tell you to ignore the 26 less than 7 star reviews, even the 15 less than 6 star reviews, the rest are pretty much spot on. Any of the one stars are just malicious and for no apparent reason. I saw this in the cinema in 1976 and hadn't seen it since until last week when it was on TCM and I still love it, so much so I'm going to buy the DVD.Sure all the detectives are caricatures of fictional ones, Er that's the point of the whole spoof, Sure perhaps in todays PC world you wouldn't get Peter Sellers playing a Chinese man, or someone else playing a Belgian one. Its' a comedy, don't get serious about it, it's a send up.All concerned play their parts well, especially Alec Guinness as the blind butler and Peter Falk as Columbo playing Humphry Bogart playing Sam Spade, terrific stuff. David Niven Plays David Niven and Maggie Smith is a sexy as ever, love redheads and lest we forget the wonderful Nancy Walker is so funny without saying a word.I've since learnt that there were some scenes cut, one of Holmes and Watson arriving late when the others are leaving. It would be fab if they release a DVD with these scenes replaced.One star? never! No less than ten, believe me.

grantss Five detectives and their sidekicks are invited to the house of millionaire Lionel Twain for a "dinner and murder" evening. What was thought to be a game, at a point, turns deadly serious.OK, ish, but not very engrossing. The plot seems quite basic, to the point of non-existence, on the one hand, and overly complex, and gratuitously so, on the other. Humour is mostly quite corny, though it has its moments. Good cast, though they all pretty much play stereotypical roles, roles you would expect them to play, and which they have played several times. No exceptional performances - they could do the characters in their sleep.

smithtyler1963 Amazingly funny, witty and intriguing throughout. I loved Miss Marbles and the Maid provided the funniest moment in the entire film. I loved the ending, it didn't make sense but it was still awesome!!!The characters were amazing, especially Milo Perrier and Jessica Marbles but I can't stop laughing about how amazing the character of Inspector Wang was. If you ever see this on TV, WATCH IT because it will leave you feeling so good about everything. This is probably one of the best movies of the '70s and needs more recognition, because everything about it was funny and clever.Lionel Twain was good but evil but confusing.....Aggh I don't know what to say about his character, but the butler creeped me out and cracked me up from the moment I saw him.

pm4000 I hated the movie. The movie is about the worlds greatest detectives who get invited to a mansion where they are challenged to solve a murder which hasn't been committed yet. The plot has some holes, they are quite annoying, but it isn't the plot that made me hate the movie. The core concept is actually not that bad.The biggest problem I have with this movie is the dialogue, the acting, the depiction of the characters and that it is not at all funny.Lets start with the funny part. The key to a good joke is timing. Some of the jokes could have been funny but there is no timing. The jokes go on and on and sometimes the joke is even explained by the detectives. There are many possibilities to make jokes around the blind servant and the deaf housekeeper but they are making more or less the same jokes over and over again. Many of the jokes are outright offensive to the Chinese and women.Every single character is a stereotype. Which isn't so unusual in this genre but they are all played so over the top that you can't connect to any of them at all. The Chinese detective (Mr Wang) is insulting. He speaks this stereotypical Chinese accent and is an insult because he mocks the culture of the Chinese people. He frequently says offensive things. He even says he bought his sidekick. Slavery wasn't a real thing in china at that time. I know racism wasn't such a big deal back then, but even at that time this was considered downright offensive.The writer tried to make fun of the cliché characters in detective literature and movies but didn't know where to stop. None of the main characters are likable. I hated every single one of them.Sam Diamond, an American detective, (I believe he was from Chicago) has this silly accent. I didn't really understand how this character fits in the movie. He is kind of a distraction from the general style of the movie. He is kind of a mockery of film Noir detectives. That doesn't really fit into this kind of detective story. He is extremely offensive towards women. Well I know it was most likely intended as humor because the film noir movies of the 40s and 50s are often considered sexist. But what is funny about a man mistreating women.I could go on about the characters but I just wanted to give you an example.Most of the movie the characters do nothing at all they are just annoyingly talking to each other in silly accents. When I watched 20 minutes of the movie I lost all interest and was suffering through it. I really don't understand why so many people like it.Not a single one of the jokes is funny every single character is so over the top idiotic. It is racist sexist. It was just insulting.