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starring: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West, Ruth Gordondirected by: George Axelrod
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304237700
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304237707
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 33130
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
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Editorial Review:
Description:
You can't always get what you want unless, of course, you've got Alan 'Mollymauk' Musgrave on your side! Featuring outstanding performances by Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld and a supporting cast that includes Lola Albright, Ruth Gordon and Harvey Korman, this 'hilarious' (Variety) satire on teen excesses is 'superbly comic' (Los Angeles Times)! With a special gift for manipulating the outcome of any situation, high-minded high schooler Mollymauk (McDowall) sets out to helpbeautiful new girl on campus Barbara Anne (Weld). Trouble is, Barbara Anne wants everything,and Mollymauk's 'help' is making a mess out of everyone's livesincluding hers!
Amazon.com:
The term 'cult movie' might have been invented for this little-known satire. Lord Love a Duck was the directing debut of screenwriter George Axelrod, who wrote The Seven Year Itch and adapted Breakfast at Tiffany's. He displays little feel for directing, and the movie's ideas spray out in a dozen directions (academic absurdity, Drive-In Churches, psychoanalysis), yet the thing is so weird it becomes distinctive. Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld are the every-which-way nonconformists, and Weld leaves no doubt she was a movie star who understood exactly how silly movie stars were (maybe that's why she never broke through). Weld's character has a scene modeling cashmere sweaters for her father that's one of the loopiest Freudian pranks ever pulled in a movie. It never jells into something solid, but this film deserves a spot between The Loved One and The Knack on the shelf of 1960s pop satire. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - John Waters without the oomph
Granted, it WAS the '60s, but that's no excuse for this heavy-handed satire. You'll want to soundly slap just about everyone involved in it (well, except for the wondrous Ruth Gordon).
I figured this to be a last-ditch attempt to make a teen idol of sad old queen Roddy McDowell.
Many of the scenes, especially those involving Tuesday Weld and her "father," have a real John Waters feel -- I found myself wondering if the Master of Sleaze had seen this abortion of a movie. ... Read More
Rating:  - McDowall, Weld and Gordon salvage this disjointed mess
This movie tries to be a brilliant satirical comedy, but it fails almost as often as it succeeds -- and a few of the failures are downright painful to watch. E.g. the scene of a father lusting after his daughter, to the point of moaning and drooling, tries to be funny, or bizarre, or something, but comes off simply as what it is: horribly creepy and perverted.
Also, the direction in this film isn't just bad, for the most part it's non-existent. Fortunately with Weld, McDowall and Gordon ... Read More
Rating:  - unwatchable
you know your in trouble when the best thing about a DVD is the trailer.
you have been warned !
Rating:  - What's It All About?
What's it all about? That's a good question. Perhaps the insignificance of our mercenary aspirations as we get older compared to just enjoying life when we are young and innocent is what director and writer George Axelrod had in mind. Roddy McDowall brilliantly plays the man of wisdom way beyond the youthful body that hosts his knowledge of what is truly important in our lives.
Rating: - Flawed, Highly Recommended
Hey-hey-hey! This "crazy" film helped me stay sane. KTLA TV in Los Angeles used to play it on a semi-regular basis in the bleary-eyed hours of the morning. That's when Lord Love a Duck first did its magic and made me see the light. Of course, since then, it's been on VHS and DVD (with a bonus auto-bio on director George Axelrod), so now there's no excuse but to put aside everything and see this movie now.
Just off the top, there's nothing quite as satisfyingly bent as the father & ... Read More
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