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Purely Joyful Movie!

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I sat through this just waiting for something meaningful to happen.Was or wasn't the metal headed scientist really who he said he was or had he been replaced by a spy - after 30 minutes I stopped caring.In the end the result is an anticlimax that makes the viewer wish he hadn't bothered to watch to the end.Some great actors in this but all wasted. Billed as sci-fi but it consists of nothing but boring dialogue all through.

WHO? is an interesting little Cold War thriller with an existential theme. It involves a top American scientist who is involved in a car accident in communist Germany. When he's returned home, due to horrific burns his whole head is encased in a metal mask, which makes him look like a robot. However, the powers that be question his very identity, and wonder whether he is in fact a Russian spy...It's certainly an intriguing set-up, and what I loved about this film is that it deals with questions of identity and existence in a thought-provoking way. The whole movie hinges on the acting of Joseph Bova inside the mask, and very good he is too, despite looking ridiculous. He brings a real sense of sadness to the part so that you feel for his plight.The mystery aspects of the storyline are acceptable, and there are a few action scenes to perk things up a little bit. Elliott Gould is the nominal protagonist in this one but he plays rather a dull and stuffy character, although Trevor Howard is fun in his flashback scenes. WHO? isn't an entirely successful film, which is why it's virtually forgotten these days, but it's definitely worth a look for those with a penchant for offbeat cinema.

Interesting concept poorly realized.American scientist is in an accident and East Germans save him. He comes back to America with his head in a metal casing and American agents don't know if it's really the same guy or a spy.Very low budget. Elliot Gould stars in this vehicle as the US agent who doesn't think the guy is the real deal.I suspect this movie was the beginning of Gould's demise as an actor. It come after all his great movies and he hasn't done much of substance since.He walks through this role reading lines in a stiff fashion. Interestingly this movie was made nearly 15 years before the original RoboCop. Wonder if they got the idea from it. It's basically the same concept without the law enforcement angle.The giant fatal flaw in this film is if they really wonder if this is the real scientist, why don't they just take his fingerprints and compare them?Plus, flashbacks make it apparent it IS the guy. So all the suspense is lifted n the first 10 minutes. There's no drama no tension. Just a guy with a silver head wandering around.Super disappointment.

Just when you think Cold War espionage films can't get any more absurd, along comes this positively robotic sleep-inducer, which strives to be much more clever than it actually is.To be frank, the plot itself has opportunities for a nice if silly play on identities and the shuffled chronology offers a good basic premise, but it's all ruined by weak direction, a lame narrative, lackadaisical acting (although Gould is his usual lovably crumpled self) and a terrible score.Dumas used an iron mask to much better effect...3 out of 10 ridiculous car chases