The Fortune Cookie
Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook - out to make a million bucks by sheer accident!
Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, norm...
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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1966
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A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
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Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
19 Oct 1966
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
...another bittersweet comedy commentary on contemporary US mores.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
15 Aug 2007
fresh:
Wildly funny in spots...
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
15 Aug 2007
fresh:
Mr. Wilder's last film and a comedy of unrelieved vulgarity, but it has style and taste.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The friction between the laughs and the cynicism generates more heat than most Hollywood comedies even aim at...
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006