A Fish Called Wanda (1988) poster
1988 · comedy · crime

A Fish Called Wanda

Directed by Charles Crichton1h 49m1988
ElsewhereIMDb7.5163kRT96%Metacritic80TMDB7.22k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • redemptive
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

Our read · A Fish Called Wanda (1988) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · crime entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want vicious British heist comedy where every schemer double-crosses everyone hilariously.

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 4attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harm

Skip it tonightYou dislike loud farce, stammer mockery, and dark comedy that rewards awful behavior.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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