Fresh
Arthur is a sparkling entertainment which attempts, with a large measure of success, to resurrect the amusingly artificial conventions of 1930s screwball romantic comedies.
Variety Staff, Variety
Arthur
The most fun money can buy.
1981 · 1h 37m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Steve Gordon
Overview
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Director and cast
- Steve Gordon Director
- Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach
- Liza Minnelli as Linda Marolla
- John Gielgud as Hobson
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Martha Bach
- Jill Eikenberry as Susan Johnson
- Stephen Elliott as Burt Johnson
- Ted Ross as Bitterman
- Thomas Barbour as Stanford Bach
- Anne DeSalvo as Gloria
- Lawrence Tierney as Man in Coffee Shop
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Moviegoers are hereby alerted to some good fun.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
So little care has gone into the characterizations, the structure, and the situations that the film merely feints at significant comedy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Overrated one-joke comedy.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Only someone with a heart of stone could fail to love a drunk like Arthur Bach.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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