Review of Water

Water (1985)
7/10
Silly, fun, anachronistic, possibly offensive
30 April 2001
This is the kind of movie where the criminals get arrested and have to be put on probation because the jail is being redecorated. It reminded me of Woody Allen's "Bananas" and Peter Sellers' "The Mouse That Roared."

I would imagine that many people would find this movie racist. It feels like something from 1960's, with an English governor (Michael Caine) and a half-Scottish rebel (Billy Connolly) working to save the colonial subjects from oppression, since they obviously can't take care of themselves.

Despite that, it is quite funny, and the music is good.
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