Entertaining Mr. Sloane

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 34 minutes of pure British comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll bet John Waters saw this film early in his own development

It's one of the worst movies I've ever seen, bad acting and bad script

Offbeat sexually charged stage play that transfers well enough to film, with an interesting turn for an ageing Beryl Reid.

Film adaptation of the Joe Orton play of the 1960s this doesn't quite hit the mark due to some rather stumbling direction. There's a good solid cast with Beryl Reid standing out as the utterly grotesque Kath. Her character has outrageously inappropriate costumes and a simpering manipulative delivery that is totally cringe-worthy. Harry Andrews puts in a strong performance as the slimy brother Ed and Peter McEnery's Mr. Sloane is suitably handsome and lacking in moral fibre but his patchy accent is a distraction. The story is a warped tale of innuendo, violence and a bizarre love triangle but Orton's convoluted dialogue makes for a somewhat plodding narrative in which the farcical elements become lost, diminishing the overall enjoyment of the film.

watching this on netflix... will we make it through?

the best adaptation of an Orton play into a movie well there was only two this and Loot. It's the most queasy inducing movie about a randy sister who has designs on her new lodger who has a dark secret, and Mr Sloane who takes it turns to play both her and her brother against each other who also has designs on him. Bi-sexuality, murder, and raging nymphomania its a must if you like your humour on the dark side. Joe Orton got bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend in 1967, which in it's way is very Orton-esce.

Of it's time but I still love Beryl Reid in this role...tragic yet funny

A great play which wasn't adapted in any way for the screen. Tut tut. Bit eerie having Joe Orton's name floating over gravestones at the start

Funny and weird British comedy based on the theatre play.A classic.