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Clockwise Reviews

  • 1986
  • 1 hr 36 mins
  • Comedy
  • PG
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A punctual schoolmaster (John Cleese) is alarmed when he misses a train. Alison Steadman. Jolly: Stephen Moore. Laura: Sharon Maiden. Pat: Penelope Wilton. Mrs. Trellis: Joan Hickson. Directed by Christopher Morahan.

Thin comedy, sometimes transformed by the energy of Monty Python's Cleese as a school headmaster, driven by punctuality. On the way to a speaking engagement at a convention, he keeps getting into all manner of trouble. If you adore Cleese, you'll have a fine time. Otherwise Frayn's script is not meaty enough to sustain viewer interest, nor is there any momentum built by Morahan's direction.