Private Function
by Malcolm Mowbray
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Actor: Denholm Elliott, Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Richard Griffiths, Tony HaygarthDirector: Malcolm Mowbray
Cinematographer: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Writer: Malcolm Mowbray
Editor: Barrie Vince
Producer: Denis O'Brien
Producer: George Harrison
Producer: Mark Shivas
Writer: Alan Bennett
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 93 minutes
Release Date: 1998-11-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
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Movie Review: The Power of Ham in Post WW II: Palin and Smith Shine in this Dry Wit Comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
Much more reserved than a Monty Python film but Palin's humor is excellently dry in this unique film about a strained married couple during post war WW II England that was stil experiencing shortages, particularly meat. Palin plays a podiatrist married to Maggie Smith, who obviously and reluctantly settled for him as opposed to a more, in her mind, prestigious physician or other socially upward chap. As post war England is still in the midst of a severe meat shortage, requiring rationing, those with meat are much higher up the social ladder and become the "in crowd". And on the flip side, those who suddenly possess meat, whether through legal means or otherwise, can procure money, sex or other special favors. Palin playing the severely reprimanded husband can never seem to please his wife, or have the benefits of any affection what so ever, stumbles across a pig and suddenly his stock rises in the eyes of his wife. One of the funniest scenes is Smith's matter of fact reference to sex that both astonishes and paralyzes Palin as apparently those privileges were severely limited, if granted at all, and perhaps prior inquiries were met with severe abuse. Hence Palin's shock at the mere mention of the possibility. There is a very minor touch of nudity in a limited but humorous sexual scene so for a reasonably mature audience.
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