The Greatest Lover

Starring:Yun-Fat Chow, Anita Mui, Nina Li Chi, Pauline Wong, Ching Wong, Wah Yuen, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue, Rebecca Pan, Eric Tsang, Fui-On Shing, Elizabeth Lee, Jing Wong
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Studio: Tai Seng
Product Type: DVD

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Passable Wilder(barely
World's Greatest Lover.....just so-so
goofy but funny
Wilder 'bout Fellini
Still Good

The World's Greatest Lover
Starring: Gene Wilder , Carol Kane , and Dom Deluise
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Description

Comedy superstar Gene Wilder goes from geel to sheik in this side-splitting story of one man's quest to become The World's Greatest Lover.

When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz (Dom DeLuise) announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood - including Rudy Valentine (Wilder), a neurotic baker from Milwaukee who knows as little about romance as he does about acting. But when his wife, Annie (Carol Kane), leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous (and hilarious) lengths to win the role of a lifetime... and win back the love of his life.

Customer Reviews:

Passable Wilder(barely.......2007-05-23

A fair Gene Wilder, but not in the group of great G. Wilder flicks. ONce in a while a top movie star gets miscast in a role that borders on disaster. Wilder does his best but the movie story was beyond salvation. I.m not sure any other actor could have moved the rating above mediocre. For sure, this is a movie that should never have been made. If yo see it once, you won't go back for seconds ?

World's Greatest Lover.....just so-so.......2007-05-18

I'm 22. Huge Gene Wilder fan. Very excited to get this as I love many of Wilder's films. This is ok--not great. To honest there are moments where the movie just felt plain weird. Perhaps the best way to describe is that the movie feels dated. The comedy and style of acting during certain moments--I was not accustomed to. There were many great laughs throughout the movie, which Wilder wrote himself. But it starts to trail off by the end of the movie.

If you like Gene Wilder...you should get this movie. But it ain't gonna be laughing on the floor kind of stuff.

goofy but funny.......2007-05-13

this is one of my all time favorite movies.It is simple but funny.Gene Wilder is hysterical as is Carol Kane.She is almost as funny as she is in "the Princess Bride" .The premise is simple but the cast is amazing.A very young Danny Devitto,Dom Deluise and other comedy geniues make appearances in this very light farce.

Wilder 'bout Fellini.......2007-02-22

Coming out at the same time as Ken Russell's rather more amusing Valentino, The World's Greatest Lover suffers from Gene Wilder's sporadic tendency to mistake the grotesque for the side-splitting. Thus we get the odd huge close-up of mouths covered in shaving foam and a lot of tiresome hysteria and tongues. We also get far more of Dom DeLuise mugging away as if semaphore were back in fashion than is strictly necessary, though he's not as OTT here as in Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, for which we can at least be grateful. Unfortunately, we get much more of Wilder's tendency to mistake hysteria for the hysterical - when in doubt, shout seems to be his motto - with Wilder adding a nervous tic that sees him stick out his tongue when he gets nervous. And he gets nervous a lot. Be still my aching ribs...

It's a reworking of Fellini's near career killing early flop The White Sheik, even including a Felliniesque lineup of hookers at a bus stop in one scene, only without Fellini's restraint (yes, you did read that right), with Wilder's unemployed baker heading for Hollywood to enter a screen test to find the next Valentino while his young wife seeks out the real thing. Wilder does acknowledge the debt in a screen credit that's part thank you to `my friend', but seems more name-dropping in a film that comes across as something of a vanity project - certainly with Wilder starring, writing, directing, producing and even writing a song for the film, it's fair to say where the buck stops on this one. One of those films that at once offers fairly lavish period production design but often a complete lack of understanding of silent cinema - yes, we do get sped-up comedy scenes - it's definitely pre-Kevin Brownlow's Hollywood, which completely destroyed most of the then-common myths about silent cinema that this embraces. Indeed, anachronisms abound, with the feel (and the songs) often more Thirties than Twenties, which perhaps wouldn't matter quite so much if it were all funnier. It's not a total disaster - there's the odd good line (a conductor announcing "Hollywood, home of the stars and several featured players"), a nicely natural performance from Carol Kane before she became a mess of mannerisms to rival Wilder and it does offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see James Hong playing a Norwegian (or is it Svedish?) studio executive, complete with excellent accent. (Also to be glimpsed among the bit parts in the supporting cast are Danny De Vito as an assistant director, Billy Sands - Paparelli in Sergeant Bilko - as a studio guard and, as the boss of a bakery, David Huddleston, here billed as `Michael Huddleston's Father'!)

Fox's DVD offers a decent 1.85:1 widescreen transfer as well as a fullscreen version, with optional original mono or remastered stereo mixes. Aside from the theatrical trailer and trailers for three other Wilder films (Young Frankenstein, Sherlock Holnes' Smarter Brother and Silver Streak) the only extra is an audio commentary by Wilder that is so sparing and uninformative that you'll wonder if you clicked the wrong button on your menu!

Still Good.......2007-02-15

I think this is an under rated gem. I saw this as a kid and loved it, and just recently watched it again and still thought it was great. Sure it is not the greatest comedy of all time, and not even Wilder's Best. But make no mistake it is funny. Filled with tons of small gags, physical and verbal humor, this one is funny. Just people's expressions in the film are great. Wilder is outstanding and an all star cast surrounds him. The plot is weak, but not the laughs.

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From a Guys Perspective
The Greatest Lover
One of CYF's greatest roles that's underrated!!!

The Greatest Lover
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow , Anita Mui , Nina Li Chi , Pauline Wong , and Ching Wong
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
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Release Date: 2001-05-22

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From a Guys Perspective.......2003-02-26

Don't let the title fool you guys. In my opinion it is Chow's most under rated movie of all time. The only thing with this movie is that it helps to know the chinese culture and ideas to understand some of the humor (yeah you gwai-los). I mean the opening scene is just hilarious, but would the U.S. come up an idea like that? I mean I guess it would be a little bit of a culture shock.

I must inform you guys it is a chick flick, but the comedy factor in this movie will please both sexes. Like someone previously said "it is a good date movie" or just a middle of the week evening movie. That is only if you're both into that sort of thing.

I am not saying everyone will like this entire movie, but the guys should like the first half of the movie and the women should like the whole thing. I mean Chow acting the way that he does in this movie is uncanny. It is not your typical Chow role of either the handsome, sophisticated guy that the girl always falls for or the gun blazing Chow. You must see the movie to understand.

So don't rush to see it, but for sure one everyone should watch if you're into the Hong Kong movies.

The Greatest Lover.......2002-06-05

Movie was good in the beginning for a used DVD even if purchase as new. Halfway into movie, picture kept on freezing. My opinion don't buy any DVD unless in English.

One of CYF's greatest roles that's underrated!!!.......2002-04-29

Ok, so this isn't "My Fair Lady" however it is definitely very similar. Chow Yun-fat is awesome as Locomotive Fat/Nelson Chow and Anita Mui is awesome as his trainer Anita. While most people aren't used to Chow Yun-fat as a comedian, they're really missing out here. By the way, this is the longest comedy ever made by Chow Yun-fat himself, nearly 2 hours long!!! I highly recommend this movie on a rainy night or while on a romantic date!!!

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