The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

PG,

1980,

1h 38m,

Comedy

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500+ Ratings

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500+ Ratings

Detective Nayland Smith hunts his 168-year-old nemesis (Peter Sellers), who needs the crown jewels for a youth elixir.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

1/4

The movie has some good moments (what Peter Sellers comedy could not have?), but the story never really involves us.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

May 14, 2024

1/4

A disaster from start to finish.

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Larry Vitacco

Philadelphia Gay News

May 27, 2020

2/4

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu emerges a sorry cinematic swan song for an actor who gave so many brilliant performances in much better films.

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 16, 2019

Peter Sellers is limited here to repeating his previous hits in a cartoonish way. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Feb 17, 2008

2/5

Sad, sad end to Peter Sellers' great movie career. Lackluster at best.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Nov 3, 2005

3/5

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Albus P

Jul 29, 2018

I saw this as a kid. I loved the line "I hope you like tea!" "Why?" "Cuz we are gonna be up to our ass in it!". An accurate thought when an American goes to the U.K.! You have to like Sellers and like old weird movies like this. The humor is quirky and offbeat. My kids would find it a tiresome bore and would not last 15 minutes. But I just watched it again and liked it. Is it a laugh a minute affair? Certainly not. But I didn't doze off either. If you, like me, grew up with UHF TV and old Laurel and Hardy, Three Stooges, Abbot and Costello, Rat Pack and the like, you'll dig it. It's like the old Doctor Who serials compared to the New Who with Tennant and the new guys. I love the old stuff and the new, but my kids only care for the New Who. They find the old serials too slow and plodding. And this movie is just that. Slow and plodding with several jokes that many would find cringe worthy. But I enjoy cringe worthy comedy. So while I like this movie, your mileage may vary some!

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Synopsis

Detective Nayland Smith hunts his 168-year-old nemesis (Peter Sellers), who needs the crown jewels for a youth elixir.

Director: Piers Haggard
Producer: Zev Braun, Leland Nolan
Screenwriter: Rudy Dochtermann, Jim Moloney
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 8, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 5, 2012
Runtime: 1h 38m

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