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As Good As It Gets

A Major Disappointment

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Hailed as one of Ealing studio's finest comedies, 'The man in the white suit' chose an exceptional topic to depict the British textile industry's reluctance to embrace modernity. Although many comic scenes have been included in this film, its first half is deemed rather slow as it concentrates more on a scientific breakthrough by a wacky inventor. Some pace is gathered in the second half as the hero is able to bring his invention to fruition. However, this is the beginning of a series of misfortunes for the eccentric inventor as everybody would like to protect one's interests before anything else. The hapless inventor is no match for rich textile mill owners nor does he have any power to influence representatives of the labor unions. Both powerful sides would like to subjugate the madcap scientist as his invention would bring about their ruin. Apart from actor Alec Guiness as the wacky inventor, viewers must look out for funny sounds coming from the laboratory. Lastly, the tone of the film is light and it makes good use of its love story format to give crucial help to the irrational inventor when a textile mill owner's daughter falls in love with him.

An Ealing Studio's satire on capital and labor's aligned suppression towards the revolutionary invention of an unbreakable and dirt-free fabric. A Cambridge graduate (Guinness) is debarred from a short-sighted garment manufacturer (Gough) to proceed his research, but with the help of another industrialist's daughter (Greenwood), he is financed by her father and unprecedentedly invents the fabric, which he thinks can benefit all mankind but both the workmen and their high-handed authority figures say otherwise, then a series of cat-and-mouse games ensues until an Achilles heel of the magical fabric pops out of left field ends the farce with everyone is happy except our protagonist. Running snappily around 85 minutes, the story is unfolding concisely and takes an interesting turn after the cringe-worthy sequences of a nobody requests to meet an affluent personage but is routinely fended off by a hoity-toity butler. Guinness extracts a creditable poise of innocence and innocuousness besides a nerd's impulsion of his scientific pursuit, and one can read more through his inscrutable eyes. Greenwood is the darling girl here, clears barriers for Guinness when he is in trouble, a rarefied paragon from the upper class, even single-handedly engineers a persuasive feeler in the crucial moment. Vida Hope belongs to the opposite working class, who holds a secret admiration toward Guinness, and her rough and strong-arm simplicity is spot-on. Cecil Parker has a comical presence as an oscillating pushover, and a vulture-alike Ernest Thesiger has a grandstanding entrance as the mogul and decision-maker in the business. Director Mackendrick and DP Slocombe utilizes a great contrast of Black & White cinematography to accentuate the luminous white suit, particularly in the chase set pieces. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT is a prescient allegory tale which pinpoints the discovery of something new will upset the delicate market and self-seeking masses, it leaves a bitter taste for this technology-advanced era and meanwhile, it is an ingenious comedy deserves multiple watches anytime, anywhere.

This film is a piece of sheer comical brilliance. Not just comedy I loved but the message it delivers is also magnificent. Through its comical nature somehow it conveys the similar thing which Ayn Rand did in her novels. About Guinness, I just cannot get enough of him. Every time I watch him I tend praise him more than the previous time. Here too he brilliantly plays the role of a genius inventor living in silence. His latest invention is going to shake the whole world. But he is not allowed to do his experiments properly. Even after he is succeeded, the industrialists and other classes oppose to enclose his invention. Film's first half is full of funny scenes but in second half it simply nails the point. It creates a brilliant satire of whole Industrial order. Final portion of the movie in which, Alec Guinness almost run like a fugitive is too brilliant. This is one of the best film of Ealing comedy era. It is too realistic & convincing and yet hilariously funny. Ending really shook me up. Joan Greenwood looked stunning. Her character was honest & full of grace. Cecil Parker & other guys were also very funny. But Alec Guinness deserves the highest respect for this. Must watch comedy..

THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUITI was told by a friend that this was on the TV. I wanted to see it for 2 reasons... 1. It has Alec Guinness in it and I want to see more of his work. 2. Madness slightly modified this cover for one of their tours a few years ago.I was slightly disappointed with this film. I was hoping it would be funnier. It was amusing in places, but it was not funny.The story is about a man who invents a new fabric that can't get dirty and will never wear away... it is the perfect fabric. But other fabric companies try to stop his invention at all costs.The film stars Alec Guinness. He is a great actor, and his acting in this was again brilliantly. The film also starred Joan Greenwood, Cecil Barker & Michael Gough. Everyone acted very well... i could not fault it at all. And it was good to see another Michael Gough film... I have not seen many and would like to see more. I want to know him for more that being Alfred in the Batman movies.The film is quite good... the story is OK, the casting was good & the acting was good. This film was made in 1951, so we won't go into the effects... but even for back then, even they were not that bad. I was impressed.I will give this film 5 out of 10.This is the worst Alec Guinness movie I have seen to date, which is not bad seeing as I still quite liked it.For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl