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Originally Posted by Gillianren
Alternately, I loved Clue, which we watched the other day, but it wasn't good.
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I also like CLUE. More so than friends think I should. However, what trumps it and I recommend(if you haven't already seen it) is
MURDER BY DEATH. Neil Simon's send up of the detective genre is a blast. While it could have been a simple parody, spry and clever dialogue betrays a sincere appreciation for the trappings of the literary sources. Peter Sellers is his fantastic chameleon self and Peter Falk is hilarious as Sam
Diamond, but it's really Maggie Smith and David Niven who steal the show as
Dick and
Dora Charles. Their banter(as Smith did with Michael Caine in CALIFORNIA SUITE) is priceless. Alec Guinness' blind butler is a beautiful glimpse of subtle Brit comedic style. Plus Truman Capote's a hoot and it's great to see Elsa Lanchester again.
Simon(and director Robert Moore) did a follow up in 1978, of sorts, called
THE CHEAP DETECTIVE. It takes off on the hardbolied Bogey pictures. It's got some great sequences but it's not quite as satisfying.