

1989·Fantasy·1h 35m
7.1
★






Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Directed by Bruce Robinson
satire
advertising
nervous breakdown
advertising executive
advertising agency
advertisement

Trailer

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Cast

Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson
John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge
Monica

John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist

Mick Ford
Richard

Jacqueline Pearce
Maud

Pip Torrens
Jonathan

Tony Slattery
Basil

Rachel Fielding
Jennifer

Pauline Melville
Sylvia Wallace
Crew

Bruce Robinson
Director

Bruce Robinson
Writer

David Dundas
Original Music Composer

Ray Cooper
Co-Producer

George Harrison
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
72 reviews
Mrrunyon
9.0★ · 05/20/26

Even better on the third watch
Even better on the third watch
Mrrunyon
9.0★ · 05/13/26

My last wish is to see you lanced!
“A typical communist statement”
I’m not a communist!
“Of course you are, you want to take everyone’s cars away.”
I don’t want to take them away, I want to introduce them to something better!
“Better? Like what?”
Trains!
“So you are a communist!”
“A typical communist statement”
I’m not a communist!
“Of course you are, you want to take everyone’s cars away.”
I don’t want to take them away, I want to introduce them to something better!
“Better? Like what?”
Trains!
“So you are a communist!”
My last wish is to see you lanced!
“A typical communist statement”
I’m not a communist!
“Of course you are, you want to take everyone’s cars away.”
I don’t want to take them away, I want to introduce them to something better!
“Better? Like what?”
Trains!
“So you are a communist!”
“A typical communist statement”
I’m not a communist!
“Of course you are, you want to take everyone’s cars away.”
I don’t want to take them away, I want to introduce them to something better!
“Better? Like what?”
Trains!
“So you are a communist!”
Jack Schoenrock
8.0★ · 02/17/26

Richard Grant so good
Richard Grant so good
Kyle Walton
8.0★ · 02/15/26

Orwellian Jekyll and Hyde anchored by a manic performance from Grant. Scary relevant about AI also.
Orwellian Jekyll and Hyde anchored by a manic performance from Grant. Scary relevant about AI also.
Dayne
6.0★ · 01/04/26

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