How sad is this?

Fantastic!

Absolutely Brilliant!

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I had altogether forgotten just how much John Cleese was a man ahead of his time.I haven't watched this film for many years and I actually thought it came to our screens much earlier than its recorded 1986 release date.It was some ten years after the showing of the series 'Fawlty Towers', which made John Cleese such a household name and which to some extent rather stereotyped him for any future television or film characters.The Cleese frenetic pace and energy was in abundance throughout 'Clockwise' and whilst some of the dialogue and situations were very much scripted, I feel certain that John added much of his own brand of wry wit and humour along the way.Almost every situation John found himself in, was of his own making, whilst at the same time I had to feel sorry for him, when circumstances conspired against him, at almost every turn.The ending in particular was very 'off the wall', even for a Cleese production and one can only imagine what might have happened once the dust had settled. Hearing him try and explain events, might well have given rise to an entire second film! This may not have been the most intellectual film I could have spent my Saturday night watching, however a good dose of slapstick, harmless fun, never hurt anyone :)

Pleasant and funny, if not uproarious, comedy is an ideal vehicle for the legendary John Cleese. He plays Brian Stimpson, the strict, demanding headmaster of a private school. His big character detail is that he lives life by the clock. Everything must be done when it is scheduled to be done. Therefore, it becomes an unending headache for him when everything goes wrong while he is on his way to speak at a headmasters' conference. Before the day is over, he'll have the cops after him, he'll enjoy some R & R at a monastery, he'll hitch a ride with Laura Wisely (Sharon Maiden), one of his students, and he'll hook up with an old acquaintance, Pat (Penelope Wilton).This enjoyable little effort seems somewhat forgotten when one looks at Cleeses' career. Therefore it could use some more exposure. Seeing that it takes place over the course of one day, it's paced pretty well, and everybody in the cast gets into the spirit of the thing. Young Maiden is appealing as Laura, and the top notch British cast also includes Stephen Moore, Alison Steadman, Joan Hickson, Pat Keen, Sheila Keith, Tony Haygarth, and Geoffrey Palmer. Cleese is perfect as the anal retentive, somewhat uptight person who gradually loosens up, a la Steve Martin in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles". And just like that other film, there is a certain lunacy in what can only be described as a comic nightmare. Things just keep getting worse for Stimpson, and you can't help but feel bad for him while also chuckling at these misadventures.The ending is not all that satisfying, but getting there is still fun.Seven out of 10.

CLOCKWISE is an all-but-forgotten movie, a low budget and extremely British-feeling farce in which John Cleese, a man who's a stickler for being on time, struggles to get to an appointment. Set over the course of a single day, it has an extremely simplistic narrative, and yet it's still one of my favourite comedies ever.Whether you like this film or not really depends on your sense of humour, as this is very British-feeling throughout (unlike A FISH CALLED WANDA, which ably mixed American and British tastes). Given that he's virtually in every scene, whether you like this or not depends on whether you're a fan of Cleese. Personally, I think he's a comic genius, and his character here - a riff on Basil from FAWLTY TOWERS - is sheer brilliance.To say too much more would be to spoil things, suffice to say that the story is so well crafted that there's nary a slow moment and the laughs come thick and fast, mixing good old-fashioned slapstick comedy with character humour and repeated tropes which build up to a mantra come the climax. Great stuff.

i watched this on TV back when i was in P7, one Sunday evening, and i loved it, it was a real funny comedy and you'll never guess what, i found the DVD in my brothers room and i'm gonna watch it tonight, can't wait!The film is basically about a man whose is on a journey to a meeting but is continuously stopped by various things that occur (going in the wrong direction, going through a field e.t.c....) but he eventually gets there in the end.Overall i enjoyed this film when i was 11, lets see if tonight i will still enjoy it as much...