- Actors: Bronson Pinchot, Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas
- Directors: Mark Herman
- Writers: Mark Herman
- Producers: Jennifer Howarth, Steve Abbott
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Cinema Club
- VHS Release Date: 21 Oct 2002
- Run Time: 78 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004I9N2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,248 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This is a good comedy film. The plot revolves around the confusion of 3 people and their similar surnames. Just when you think you know what is going to happen, the film surprises you. Good acting, good locations and delightful music combine to make a film that puts a smile on your face. A great film for when you are feeling a bit down and want cheering up.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not being a Dudley Moore fan, I did not expect this to be SO great until I watched it!
I just love this type of film full of cross purposes and crossed wires, and this has so many, it forms an incredibly tickly spider's web! This film is SO hilarious, and anyone that does not find it funny has no sense of humour at all... I simply could not stop laughing!
There's a great musical score throughout this, with lots of familiar faces, and the way Dudley Moore runs - coupled with his 'squeaks' of distress are enough to send you straight to the bathroom to change your underwear!
Two of the most unlikely characters (Patricia and 'Chuck') end up being the most attractive and nice, and one is really delighted for them at their happy ending in the film. There's a great climax to this movie, and the one and a quarter hours simply fly by without ever a look at the clock!
I recommend this film highly as medication for anyone who may be suffering from depression - once over, you'll most certainly be lifted out of it guaranteed!
SIMPLY FABULOUS!
I just love this type of film full of cross purposes and crossed wires, and this has so many, it forms an incredibly tickly spider's web! This film is SO hilarious, and anyone that does not find it funny has no sense of humour at all... I simply could not stop laughing!
There's a great musical score throughout this, with lots of familiar faces, and the way Dudley Moore runs - coupled with his 'squeaks' of distress are enough to send you straight to the bathroom to change your underwear!
Two of the most unlikely characters (Patricia and 'Chuck') end up being the most attractive and nice, and one is really delighted for them at their happy ending in the film. There's a great climax to this movie, and the one and a quarter hours simply fly by without ever a look at the clock!
I recommend this film highly as medication for anyone who may be suffering from depression - once over, you'll most certainly be lifted out of it guaranteed!
SIMPLY FABULOUS!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a daft British holiday-meets-mistaken-identity movie starring the irrepressible Dudley Moore, Richard Griffiths (Mr Dursley - all the Harry Potter films) and Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones in Doctor Who), ably supported by Patsy Kensit, Andreas Katsulas and Alison Steadman. Moore is at his put-upon best, sent to Venice to buy a property as his last chance of keeping his job, and misidentified by the mafia as the hit-man sent to kill Katsulas. The film's unlikely premise is that the Italian bellboy cannot tell the difference between 'Lawton', 'Horton' and 'Orton'. Moore is Orton, Bryan Brown is hitman Lawton, and Richard Griffiths is pompous mayor Horton, looking for an illicit liaison with lonely single Wilton, but falling in by mistake with Estate Agent Patsy Kensit, who was in reality supposed to be meeting Moore. Steadman arrives as Griffiths's irate wife just when you imagine things can't get worse.
A little confused by this? Not half as much as the characters are. The unlikely bellboy premise is repeated so often that it becomes a superb running gag.
Best line of the film: Penelope Wilton to hit-man Bryan Brown: "Things will pick up when you're a florist"
Second best line: Brown (to Griffiths, Steadman and Wilton, as everything unravels, and just after Dudley Moore has blown up the mafiosa by mistake): "There's been a misunderstanding somewhere."
This is not in any sense a 'great' film, and it never pretends to be. But it's hectic and heart-warming, and everyone gets something in the end, except for the mafia, who get blown up, and philanderer Griffiths, whose villa (purchased as the price of Kensit's silence) turns out to be a dud.
Superb fun, and worth watching every once in a while.
A little confused by this? Not half as much as the characters are. The unlikely bellboy premise is repeated so often that it becomes a superb running gag.
Best line of the film: Penelope Wilton to hit-man Bryan Brown: "Things will pick up when you're a florist"
Second best line: Brown (to Griffiths, Steadman and Wilton, as everything unravels, and just after Dudley Moore has blown up the mafiosa by mistake): "There's been a misunderstanding somewhere."
This is not in any sense a 'great' film, and it never pretends to be. But it's hectic and heart-warming, and everyone gets something in the end, except for the mafia, who get blown up, and philanderer Griffiths, whose villa (purchased as the price of Kensit's silence) turns out to be a dud.
Superb fun, and worth watching every once in a while.
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A very good farce !
I originally saw this film when it was first released and thought it was really good entertainment !. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Ian K. Hubball
A classic comedy of errors!
Three hotel guests- a conscientious hitman, a timid property buyer and a cavorting husband, all end up with each other's personal messages, thanks to the confusion caused by their... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2010 by S. Rajwade
Terrific Film
I thoroughily recommend Blame It On The Bellboy to anyone who enjoys a good comedy and loves Venice. The plot is hilarious and the scenery is stunning. Read more
Published on 8 April 2009 by Jan
Good movie about bellboy's mistakes in Venice
I liked Blame It on the Bellboy, because it was different than other comedies. 3 men (whose surnames sounded quite same) stayed in the same hotel in Venice. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2000 by hp
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