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The Road To Wellville [VHS] [1995]
 
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The Road To Wellville [VHS] [1995]

VHS ~ Anthony Hopkins
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey
  • Directors: Alan Parker
  • Writers: Alan Parker, T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • Producers: Alan Parker, Armyan Bernstein, Lisa Moran, Marc Abraham, Robert F. Colesberry
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • VHS Release Date: 1 Nov 1995
  • Run Time: 115 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CQHI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,013 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

This wrong-headed adaptation of the very funny (and scatological) novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle was written and directed by Alan Parker, who doesn't seem to have much of a clue. It's not a botch, just a movie that hammers its efforts at humour too hard. The focus is split between three storylines: the life of cereal tycoon John Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins with buck teeth), who has created a health spa for the wealthy that focuses on regular cleansing of the digestive tract (as well as applications of electricity); the troubles of an unhappy young couple (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda), who come to the spa hoping to cure their marital ills (Broderick gets the worst of the deal); and the efforts of a young hustler (John Cusack), who is trying to break into the breakfast-cereal business but gets taken by an even bigger hustler (Michael Lerner). There are subplots about Kellogg's children but they add little. For all the excrement and enema jokes, the joys of this movie are distinctly scattered. --Marshall Fine


Synopsis

The story of Doctor Kellogg and his sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1907. Comedy. Based on the novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just brilliant!, 18 Sep 2005
By Fran (Salzburg, Austria, EU) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Road To Wellville [DVD] [1995] (DVD)
This movie is, for me, one of the most wonderful entertainment I've ever had. Anthony Hopkins makes here an extraordinary performance. It has also a part of documentary as you can see how worked the old machinery used in the early 20th century wellness sanatoriums. The directing is brilliant and accurate. The music matches totally with what appears on the screen. The settings are beautiful and the coordination of all the extras, high numbered in this movie, is absolutely perfect, knowing how hard it is to achieve it. Bravo to Alan Parker and to all the cast and team. I love this movie and I watch it very often. No, no, no: no one paid me to write this review.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars flatulence and orgasms: what more do you want?, 17 Jul 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: The Road to Wellville [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
brilliant film - straightfoward storyline: cornflakes are there to help your bowels but Kellogg thinks sex is bad. enough people disagree to make life so much more entertaining. plenty of slapstick. all very British really... not very American - makes it all the funnier. Oh, its also about health, wealth, happiness, class, America and Europe... but mostly about bowels and genitals (sounds better with the buck teeth). Hopkins should've had an oscar.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars what's not to like!, 16 April 2000
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I have to admit, parts of the plot just didn't tie together, but overall the film is funny.However, it is also disturbingly strange. I would recommend it to anyone with a distorted sense of humour.
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