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  Review by Fint ★★★

  Madcap caper in which all of the fun is to be found in the recognition of a vast cast of English comic faces, not in what they are required to do. The script lacks bite, the direction lacks focus. The director was Michael Winner - need more be said? But with such an array of onscreen talent, good moments are inevitable. My laugh out loud highlights comprised the incomparable Irene Handl in gossipy neighbour mode and, in the final moments of the film, Terry-Thomas declaring "They're an absolute shower!"

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  Review by Paul D ★★★

  An odd group of British soldiers and, for a no particular reason that I could discern, a US Airforce Lieutenant are chosen to take part in an initiative test dreamt up by Army psychologist Terry-Thomas. They are given 48 hours to first of all escape from a maze, allude the troops guarding it and pick up a selection of random objects.

  Although they have all their cash taken off them there is nothing to prevent them from buying said items, although none of them chose to do so, which is very decent.

  As you will have been able to discern this is one of those treasure hunt movies and it's built on the flimsiest of premises and quite why it…

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  Review by omalleyg ★★★

  "Swinging" chasse au trésor, remplie de comiques britanniques.

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  Review by Luke Thorne ★★★ 2

  In this comedy directed by Michael Winner, an eccentric psychiatrist oversees a 48-hour army-initiation test.

  Eccentric military scientist Maj. Foskett (Terry-Thomas) gets together five soldiers - including confident American Lt. Tim Morton (Michael Callan) and over-excited Scotsman Sgt. Maj. McGregor (Lionel Jeffries) - to act as the human themes of a scavenger-hunt-style experimentation in subservience. But after Morton meets the gorgeous Sylvie Varnet (Patricia Viterbo) in the centre of the crazy workout, following his uncommon orders turn out to be the uttermost thing from his mind.

  Terry-Thomas gives a good performance in his role as Major Foskett, the unconventional scientist who tests five soldiers for two days, but this goes completely out of the window when he finds romance.

  Michael…

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  Review by Cheerydalek ★★★★

  You Must Be Joking doesn't have an aura of quality- in fact the plot is the kind of barely coherent stuff you imagine being knocked up on a long boozy lunch- but it does have a fantastic cast of British comedy greats and an early 'swinging' sixties charm. Leslie Philips' cameo where he flies into a manic violent rage is a memorable highlight.

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  Review by 🥀 e m m é ★★★½

  The British 60s were the best 60s. Michael Callan's an old favorite and this madcap comedy is quite charming.

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  Review by OkBoomerV2_1 ★★★★

  11th Peter Bull Film
  8th Lionel Jeffries Film
  6th Bernard Cribbins Film
  5th Terry Thomas Film
  4th Tracy Reed Film
  Wilfrid Hyde-White

  Because Terry-Thomas asked so nicely in the dream realm, after threatening me with a gun a few weeks before, and Hartnell was trying to kill me to. Yes but this recent dream, I was defending Terry-Thomas, and telling the Scots that Cucumber Sandwiches are valid. I went to watch one of his films.

  I was unaware that all the other little icons were in this, but I'm glad I didn't see it before hand. All I knew that Peter Bull was in this, and I was surprised. Boy did he have a scene in it though.

  This is…

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  Review by ApertureOfDoom ★★★

  Gap-toothed army psychiatrist Terry-Thomas sends a group of recruits on a scavenger hunt as a training exercise. Wacky 1960s comedy from the era before Michael Winner became Charles Bronson's go-to director is made watchable by its formidable cast of British comic talent.

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  Review by joelnox ★★½

  Good cast in goofy circumstances with some very 60's filmmaking touches. How much you enjoy this will depend on your fondness for British humor.

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  Review by Filipe Furtado ★★

  Michael Winner must have been the oldest young man in 60s London which makes watching those 60’s comedies of his with all their eclecticism and attention grabbing Lesterisms very weird. I remember enjoying The Jokers when I saw it on TV ages ago, but this one just tries too hard and misses a lot more than hits. Very British and very tired, yet it has some value as a relic from the era.

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  Review by STEPHEN TUBBS ★★★★

  Wonderfully silly screenplay and the array of British comedy actors headed by Terry-Thomas and Lionel Jeffries is impressive. The British Officer class are an easy target and it takes another hammering.

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  Review by basic_chanel ★★ 1

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