A Fine Madness
A Fine Madness

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Samson Shillitoe is a New York City-based poet of great promise and some renown, but he's troubled, which causes problems. He is four months behind in alimony payments, unable to clear that outstanding debt with his day job as a carpet cleaner. But he sees this as not so much his problem: it's for the courts, the police, and his ex-wife Beverly. He has difficulties not acting upon his general attraction to women; in return, they act on the same attractions. He is in the proce... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in A Fine Madness:

Sean Connery
Joanne Woodward
Jean Seberg
Colleen Dewhurst
Jackie Coogan
Patrick O'Neal

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Samson Shillitoe is a New York City-based poet of great promise and some renown, but he's troubled, which causes problems. He is four months behind in alimony payments, unable to clear that outstanding debt with his day job as a carpet cleaner. But he sees this as not so much his problem: it's for the courts, the police, and his ex-wife Beverly. He has difficulties not acting upon his general attraction to women; in return, they act on the same attractions. He is in the process of writing his epic poem, and has been for five years and counting, but he's got a severe writer's block--and might be substituting sex for that inability to write. His long-suffering, loyal, current wife, working-class Rhoda Shillitoe, believes Samson's problems might lead him to attempt suicide. He is already prone to violent outbursts, although any violence toward her she knows is only in jest; she knows he'd never physically hurt her on purpose. When she sees psychotherapist Dr. Oliver West on a TV talk show, she believes he could solve Samson's problems. Samson doesn't want to talk to Dr. West about his life, but he agrees to see him largely out of circumstance; his creative juices are starting to flow again and he thinks he could use Dr. West's place as a place to write while hiding from the police who are after him. But Samson's association with Dr. West has its own complications, most specifically with Dr. West's unhappy wife, Lydia West, who is neglected by her husband; and with Dr. West's colleague Dr. Menken, who is looking for a human subject to test his new surgical procedure: lobotomy.

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FulvueDrive-in.com - 9/10 by Chuck O'LearyThe off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment.
The A.V. Club - 8/10 by Nathan RabinMadness lacks sympathetic characters and a well-structured plot, but its manic energy takes it far.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Bosley CrowtherLike its careening, footloose hero, A Fine Madness needs discipline. But you'll never guess what lurks around the bend, from gold to brass.
Los Angeles Times - 7/10 by Susan KingDirector Kershner demonstrates fine visual talents in his use of New York locations.
User Review - 10/10 by Greg WSean Connery can play comedy. This movie made me laugh out loud.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UAn obcsure movie that deserves not to be so.
User Review - 6/10 by John DSean Connery is good but I never felt Joanne Woodward had any flair for comedy. She is rather grating in this and it detracts from the film. Very good script though, well produced.
User Review - 6/10 by Marilee AYAWN! Love Joanne Woodward & Sean Connery, didn't Love this Film.I think prefer my Sean Connery as a likeable character.
User Review - 4/10 by Stuart KBetween Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967), Sean Connery took a break from Bond capers, and teamed up with Irvin Kershner, (later director of The Empire Strikes Back), for this downright peculiar comedy-drama. It feels like the sort of film the Coen's would make if they had made films back then. Unfortunately, it's downright dated. It's about jobbing poet Samson Shillitoe (Connery), who lives in Greenwich Village, New York with waitress Rhoda (Joanne Woodward). Samson is in a creative slump, he cannot find the inspiration to finish what he believes to be his greatest poem to date. Samson becomes moody and depressed, so Rhoda contacts noted psychiatrist Dr. West (Patrick O'Neal), to help Samson overcome his writers block. Even a stay at a sanitarium does little to help Samson's violent moods. It's billed as a comedy, but it's more of a dramedy, this is one film where Connery manages to put on an American accent, and make it sound convincing. But even that can't save the film, any humour is twee and dated, plus it does feel a bit mean-spirited. One to be remade.
User Review - 4/10 by jay nTwo fine actors, Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward are lost in this loud, boorish "comedy". They shout and act like idiots. An extremely fine and varied supporting cast is entirely wasted although there is a lovely performance from Colleen Dewhurst and get a load of the height of Sue Ane Langdon's hair! A missed oppurtunity.

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