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Rotten to the Core

Rotten to the core, the title and the review. Sadly dated and not really funny at all. The only thing worth watching it for is for appearance's by well know support actors of the time. Eric Sykes is good, but that is about it. Charlotte Ramplings script was cringeworthy (or a bad-trip to cringeville).

ROTTEN TO THE CORE is a complex little British comedy effort from the Boulting brothers, featuring a huge cast of familiar faces from the era and lots of twisty little turns over the course of the running time. The characters all have unusual and inventive names and for once there are more criminals than 'good' characters present. It's a story of prison and release, of robberies and chaos, of double crosses, pompous army officers and people hiding under assumed identities. The comedy might be middling at times and more amusing than laugh-out-loud, but seeing the likes of Kenneth Griffith, Dudley Sutton and Ian Bannen shining is always a delight.

Wow! this film is up there with the likes of Two Way Strech and Wrong Arm Of The Law, its a crime caper, with a cast that is as funny as it seems to come up on the credits, you will not be disappointed. A well known cast carry out this film to perfection, not a very well known film, but why not. Its as good as any of them and one of the better films from 1965. If you can get your hands on a copy then do so, it might be the only chance you get to see it, i have a copy, brought it from ebay and its been recorded from Channle 4 so keep your eyes out! Wow, i'm sorry but this film is a LAF! go for it and you who all slag it off, have you even bothered to watch it? 10+

Despite a good cast this film rapidly exhaust it's welcpme.You just wonder what it would have been like if Peter Sellers had taken the lead role.Unfortunately Anton Rodgers just isn't good enough.Charlotte Rampling features at the beginning of her long career.Ian Bannen is only moderately amusing as her officer lover.The Boultings were starting to loose their touch by this time.

If You Don't Laugh at this One, You're... Rotten to the Core! That was what the University (UVa) movie marquee said in 1965. So I went in determined not to laugh. Within 5 minutes I was rolling in the aisle with laughter. Really the funniest movie I ever saw. A caper movie a la "Lavender Hill Mob". Everyone in this movie is crazy. I would like to get a copy of it. I rate it a 10. "Bennie the Dip"