Product Details

• Actors: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker, Jean Anderson
• Directors: John Boulting
• Writers: Jeffrey Dell, Kingsley Amis, Patrick Campbell
• Producers: Roy Boulting
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001P1B34
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,248 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Lucky Jim" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Amiable but lacking, January 23, 2008

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Brian (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lucky Jim (DVD)

'Lucky Jim,' Kinglsey Amis's first and most highly regarded work, is perhaps my favorite book of the 20th century. Its wicked satire, couched as it is in beautiful prose and a tone of comic forgiveness of human frailty, makes me return to it again and again. The movie version misses much of the nuance of Amis's humor (Ian Charmichael's portrayal, for example, of congenitally perplexed Jim Dixon is far too glib), but is good fun and ought to be seen by any fan of the novel, or of post-WWII British film.

Note: a more successful movie adaptation of a less successful K. Amis book, 'That Uncertain Feeling,' can be found with 1961's 'Only Two Can Play' starring Peter Sellers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucky Me!, July 17, 2011

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Laura Ann Scaife "Laura Ann Scaife" (Vancouver, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucky Jim (1957) (DVD)

I got lucky with this film. I saw it before I read Kingsley Amis' brilliant novel, so I had no feelings about it one way or the other. What originally drew me to the film was the cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith, three of the funniest men in English film. And then to find the Boulting brothers involved! At any rate they all gave it a game go and for the most part caught most of the spirit of the novel. It's a nice, gentle comedy and I for one have to recommend it. And a real treat here is watching Terry-Thomas play against type, and quite well too!

5.0 out of 5 stars wondeful, April 11, 2011

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Erez Katz "katzer" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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The movie takes some detour from the book, but nonetheless it stands on its own right.
We found it to be hilarious and the more we watch it the more we enjoy it.
A true classic