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Hansel and Gretel (1987)
Good movie to watch with the kids
A brilliant star turn by Clorris Leachman as the witch. Probably could do with being a bit shorter but an enjoyable watch none the less, some parts of the film are genuinely scary.
The Party (1968)
Dated and unfunny
I simply cannot understand the gushing reviews this film has so far received, I had to stop it after 20 minutes as it was simply not funny. The tagged together set pieces which string the film along actually made me cringe (not in a good way) and the sum of its parts is basically just dated 70s schlock. I wanted to like this film, I love the pink panther movies and I think some of the scenes in The Pink Panther Strikes Again are borderline genius (particularly the drawbridge scene and also when clouseau is sampling the laughing gas with inspector dreyfus), but in this collaboration I'm afraid Blake Edwards and Sellars have got it dreadfully wrong. I agree with the comments of previous reviewers who have suggested that the film could desperately do with some kind of plot, the only plot as far as I can see is that of an Indian chap gatecrashing a Hollywood party and hilarity ensues (allegedly).. such no existent plot structure may suffice for an episode of Mr Bean but for a full length film it is painfully inadequate.