"What A Carve Up!" plays as if it was based on a script long-forgotten inside a drawer, designed for Bob Hope or Lou Costello in the early 1940's at the latest; it runs through the spooky-old-mansion clichès (creepy butler, secret panels, money-hungry relatives, lines cut off, black cats, etc.), without putting much of a comic spin on them - so they remain clichès. There are some clever moments, but most of the film is unfunny. ** out of 4.
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