Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

fedor8 The movie starts off quite well, rather quirky, with colourful and fun characters played occasionally brilliantly by an excellent cast (Caine, Cook, Newman, Dudley), and visually nice, obviously with a decent budget. However, the first half is the part of TWB that sets up the story. The problem arises when the story unfolds, in the second half. That's when the gags take a backseat to a multitude of plot-twists, which become so dominant that you almost forget you're watching a comedy.The writers of TWB would appear to have been so concerned with keeping the story clever (and it is, up to the point when it becomes a muddled mess) that somewhere along the way they must have forgotten to keep the story funny as well. There are numerous surprise twists, too many, in fact. The writers were so twist-happy, so bogged down in keeping this comedy interesting – as opposed to funny – that the twists spiral out of control toward the end, culminating in a not-so-grand finale which is just simplistic slapstick action farce, with people chasing each other and bickering in a buffoonish way.I have never understood this compulsion, this annoying tradition to nearly always end a comedy with a boring action sequence. What the hell is that all about? Hence why so many comedies start off well, sometimes work well in the middle also, but then degenerate into daft and dull chases and shoot-outs whose only purpose is to serve the (more-or-less irrelevant) story. The problem is, who CARES about the story's resolution. A comedy needs to be funny, not resolved. If you can do both, then all the power to you, but get your priorities straight.To watch Caine in an excellent comedy, as opposed to a solid one like TWB, you can do much worse than try "Without A Clue", "Blame It On Rio", or "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". As for Cook and Dudley, watch "Bedazzled", which came out just a year after TWB; it's superior to it and one of the best comedies of the 60s.There are some original ideas, such as the inheritors in a testament not trying to kill their uncle/father/whoever but dedicating their lives to prolonging their life, as is the case with "poor little orphans" Cook and Moore taking care of Richardson's health. (This is not a spoiler, as this is established very early on.)

Useful_Reviewer This is the kind of comedy that entertains with twists and turns in the plot. One crazy event leads to another, all caused by mix-ups, assumptions and misunderstandings. That said, it is well written and quite funny in a 1960's British way, with plenty of satire to go along with the zany happenings of the story. Michael Caine, Dudley Moore, and Peter Cook are all good, and Peter Sellers is fantastic in a small role. But ultimately the film comes down to a cleverly crafted plot that was derived from an old novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.The movie is clean enough to watch with your family, though the young kids will miss much of the humor, and some of the comedy comes from the fact that characters pretend to care about the deaths of older family members, when in fact they don't.

MartinHafer THE WRONG BOX begins with a sort of prologue. A group of wealthy men have entered their young sons in a tontine--a lottery, of sorts, where the one who dies last receives the entry fee paid by everyone--plus, years and years of interest on this principal. I read a set of novels by Thomas Costain about such a contest but always wondered who would bother with such an arrangement? After all, the surviving member would almost certainly be too old and infirm to enjoy it.The next portion of the film is the most humorous, as one by one you see the crazy ways that many in the tontine die. It's all done with a black sort of humor that I really enjoyed--and felt this was, by far, the best portion of the movie.Eventually, there are only two members of the tontine still alive--two brothers who can't stand each other. One brother (Ralph Richardson) is the single most boring man on the planet. How he survived this long without someone killing him is beyond me, as the guy just talks and talks and talks--boring the daylights out of anyone unfortunate enough to come near him. His two nephews (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) also can't stand him and begin scheming how they can get their hands on the money. There also is a niece and she's an oddball--part ultra-prude and part seething cauldron of passion. The other surviving brother (John Mills) seems to be in the worst health, but he, too, hates his brother and, if possible, he'd like to kill him--and he tries repeatedly. His grandson is played by Michael Caine--and he really, really likes his prudish (but hot) female cousin.While I noticed some of the the reviewers absolutely adored this film (one declared it among the 10 best films ever made), my praise is much more muted. While I like dark comedies, this one seemed very uneven. Apart from showing all the funny deaths at the beginning, I really liked Richardson's character. He was so awful he was pretty funny. Likewise, I really liked the big part played by Peter Sellers as the demented doctor. The less than stellar portions were Cook and Moore (yes, I know they are a bit of an institution in the UK due to their TV work together) and the unnecessary and distracting intertitle cards. Also, some times the humor just seemed a bit flat here and there. Plus, in the end, there really wasn't any real resolution! Overall, a good comedy but not a great one in my estimation.

jnlife somehow i missed the wrong box. in college i showed the on campus current films as well as classic films. but for years i have heard about wrong box or read about it. For the last few years, esp since i ran across IMDb, GREAT SITE, i looked for it in film houses & still could not find it. A few months ago i found a place that printed public domain films & bought a copy. ugh. Maybe its the years or too much anticipation but i was very disiappointed in the film. It had its funny moments but i felt the plot plodded along until the search for the box. Peter Sellers was wasted.Caine , Mills & Richardson, Cooke & Moore all did a good job of acting but there did not seem to be enough coherence in the plot to interest me. I will not say DON'T SEE IT because it may be someone else's cup of tea. I'd rather watch Peter Sellers in The Party. IF you would like to purchase my copy(seen once-DVD, reg. view I think), contact me at jn1010life@yahoo.com