Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

1989
R
1h 34m

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5.8/10

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Comedy Musical

While his mining colleagues are on yet another strike, Bert Rigby decides to try his luck in show business.While his mining colleagues are on yet another strike, Bert Rigby decides to try his luck in show business.While his mining colleagues are on yet another strike, Bert Rigby decides to try his luck in show business.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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YOUR RATING

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- 1 nomination total

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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

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Trivia
Was booked for a week-long engagement at Dublin's Adelphi cinema in late 1989. However, after four days there were fewer than 20 paying customers, so the manager withdrew the film and let the theater go dark for the remaining three days, to save heating and projection costs.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Chances Are/Paperhouse/The 'Burbs/Bert Rigby, You're a Fool/High Hopes (1989)

Soundtracks
Isnt It Romantic?
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
Performed by Robert Lindsay

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Featured review

2/10

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

You know a film is bad when even the star that the vehicle has been built around (Robert Lindsay of 'Citizen Smith' and 'My Family' fame) denounce it as being rubbish.

This was Carl Reiner trying to launch Lindsay to international stardom off the back of the stars lauded run in 'Me and My Girl' in the West End and Broadway, but it really misses the mark.

From the accent, to the character, to the musical numbers, it's actually more interesting to see Lindsay's friends (Mike Grady from 'Citizen Smith', Robbie Coltrane from 'Harry Potter' turn up) than much of what happens on screen occur.

Lindsay never did make it to Hollywood - with efforts like this I can see why.