Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Some Kind of a Nut (1969)

United Artists
Directed by Garson Kanin
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Dick Van Dyke is stung by a bee on his chin. Unable to shave, he grows a beard. He gets fired from his job at a conservative bank for refusing to cut it. He becomes the hero of hippies everywhere, who picket his bank for their right to wear long hair. He starts having problems with his girlfriend who also wants him to shave it. However, his ex-wife is more understanding and it eventually leads to their reconciliation. A somewhat interesting glimpse of the late 60s cultural atmosphere from a purely superficial point of view. However, Van Dyke tries too hard and the comedy is strained: just try to find something funny in Van Dyke hopped up on drugs, with half a beard, wearing blue underwear, swinging a golf club at two policemen in a public fountain.

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