Rating: - Quirky British Dark Comedy
"How I Won the War," starring Michael Crawford and John Lennon, was a strange movie that I enjoyed watching over and over again as a teenager, desperately trying to understand exactly what the heck was ... Read More
Rating: - Lester's "How I Won the War"
Excellent film! Not about the John Lennon icon, the Beatles ("I don't believe in . . ."), popular music, or much else in the way of escapist diversion. It reminds me of Spike Milligan's "Mussolini" and ... Read More
Rating: - I Just Had to Look
"I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book."
Rating: - A corrosive antimilitarist satire
" Absurd " humour against the absurd of war. Director Richard Lester dismounts the british establisment, the cynical lies and fabricated interests hidden under the smoke curtain of the patrotism, the military ... Read More
Rating: - Not what you expected
If you are looking for the typical Beatles movie you will be disappointed with this one. It has some funny moments but this is a war movie, war is not funny. John Lennon is excellent in this film and the movie ... Read More