7/10
Deserves greater recognition
14 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S 'ISNAME is one of Michael Winner's more obscure movies these days, but I found it one of his best. It's a character study of an amoral man trying to make his way through a calculating and ruthless Swinging Sixties London, where he's beset by romantic and career woes. I watched ALFIE a few months ago and found it quite nauseating due to the ruthlessness of Michael Caine's character, but this takes a similar theme and character and gets it dead right. It helps that Oliver Reed gives a bracing and bravura turn as the tough lead, ably supported by character actors left, right and centre and a plot that keeps twisting and turning with surprises all around. Winner's film climaxes with an astonishing montage sequence that has to be seen to be believed. Challenging and timely, this is a film with something to say and one that deserves more recognition.
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