To put it mildly, I've laughed them off! Again, Mr Norman Wisdom has not disappointed me. The following scenes really blow my breath away: Norman trying to get the right coin from the "Red Cross" box, Norman fighting all manner of obstacles in a phone-booth, Norman misbehaving in a first-class coupe on the train (watch out for a bunch of old snobs), Norman loosing his trousers, Norman winning a marathon "London-Brighton", Norman performing in the theatre instead of "Igor Petrovitch", Norman watching some western through a peephole, and to crown it all there is a wonderful song performed by his female colleague to the children (Mary, if I remember her name correctly) on the train.
As usual, Mr Norman Wisdom plays Mr "Trouble", a down-to-earth fool (by human snob society standards) with big heart of gold. Now the whole merry business goes around an orphanage. Unlike previous movies with Norman though, this movie is not easy to watch sometimes. Mainly because Norman gets real ordeal: the young good-looking woman (a slippery character) hurts Norman with her "neat" deeds (ordering all manner of tasty things and leaving Norman alone even before the food is served, giving an airplane to the boy at a very wrong moment, playing with Norman's feeling though she knows she will never be with him, etc.), the orphanage defenders throw (not intentionally) all manner of stuff onto poor Norman, the fake hypnotize master "helps" Norman to get a number of punches in the final round of ten-pound boxing match, a policeman chases Norman because the little brat tells that his motorcar has been taken away from him... It simply amazes me how patiently (I mean without getting offended and wicked) Norman goes through all this. He keeps on smiling, singing, and helping others in his usual over-the-top frank manner. He is a real Christian in the sense of carrying the troubles of his fate and kicks and slaps of everybody around him.
Now it is no wonder to me, why his movies are not popular and tend to have very low ratings on IMDb: people want to see a macho with big fists, quick feet, and big mouth full of naughty sexual dialogue. Who needs a looser in an old worn-out cap and stupid childish behaviour? If you ask me, I say that I need. This poor Norman can teach any of us a lesson or two. In my humble opinion Norman is the most pleasant character ever created on the screen, who lives on through a succession of great movies and never gets morally bad.
Did I say "great"? Yes, this is it, 10 out of 10. Thank you for attention.
As usual, Mr Norman Wisdom plays Mr "Trouble", a down-to-earth fool (by human snob society standards) with big heart of gold. Now the whole merry business goes around an orphanage. Unlike previous movies with Norman though, this movie is not easy to watch sometimes. Mainly because Norman gets real ordeal: the young good-looking woman (a slippery character) hurts Norman with her "neat" deeds (ordering all manner of tasty things and leaving Norman alone even before the food is served, giving an airplane to the boy at a very wrong moment, playing with Norman's feeling though she knows she will never be with him, etc.), the orphanage defenders throw (not intentionally) all manner of stuff onto poor Norman, the fake hypnotize master "helps" Norman to get a number of punches in the final round of ten-pound boxing match, a policeman chases Norman because the little brat tells that his motorcar has been taken away from him... It simply amazes me how patiently (I mean without getting offended and wicked) Norman goes through all this. He keeps on smiling, singing, and helping others in his usual over-the-top frank manner. He is a real Christian in the sense of carrying the troubles of his fate and kicks and slaps of everybody around him.
Now it is no wonder to me, why his movies are not popular and tend to have very low ratings on IMDb: people want to see a macho with big fists, quick feet, and big mouth full of naughty sexual dialogue. Who needs a looser in an old worn-out cap and stupid childish behaviour? If you ask me, I say that I need. This poor Norman can teach any of us a lesson or two. In my humble opinion Norman is the most pleasant character ever created on the screen, who lives on through a succession of great movies and never gets morally bad.
Did I say "great"? Yes, this is it, 10 out of 10. Thank you for attention.