Reviews

This is the sort of film that if viewed at the right age (when you are under 8) will stay with you for life as a truly memorable and odd experience. All the best children's movies have an element of terror about them and this film is no exception. I recently bought my girlfriend an original script used during filming. It also has details on how the effect of the talking chicken was achieved! This film was amazing, but as I've found out more about the stories it is based on, I feel that it was a missed opportunity to do two films. Artistically I am sure this is what the director/ screenwriter would love to have done but due to tight-fisted backing and the likelihood of a bad box office it was contorted and shaved into one film. For shame. Anyway, if you haven't seen this movie yet, see it. And if you have children make sure they see it before they grow up!

The film, though I love Dudley Moore as a comic genius (god rest his soul) and love seeing him play the hilarious drunk in the original cannot abide this film. It is stupid from the outset. The fact that Arthur is a drunk means that he is unable to commit to a full time loving relationship even though he is a romantic at heart and the most lovable drunk of all. The first film shows us that he can't find love at the end of the night because he is funny, lovable but ultimately a shameless rich playboy. Having him act drunk while MARRIED and IN LOVE with someone negates the comic preface of the first movie (lets face it there should only have been one), confuses any sense of filmic reality and makes a mockery of the fantastic genius of the original Arthur. I take my hat and anything else I can find off to the writers, producers, and director of the first movie whilst simultaneously defecating on the script and printed out name of the man who green-lighted the sequel. Arthur 2 is a stupid film with a terrible script, pace, and and and and and you should avoid it at all costs.

RIP Dudley Moore, and long live the original "Arthur", the best film ever shot in New York.

Seth Hesio (on behalf of Stuart Rouse)