Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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Louis Mazzini's mother's frequent tales of how her titled D'Ascoyn family shunned her after she eloped... (imdb)

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Directed By: Robert Hamer

Written By: John Dighton, Robert Hamer, Roy Horniman

Starring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, Miles Malleson, Laurence Naismith, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Arthur Lowe, Clive Morton, Peggy Ann Clifford, Audrey Fildes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Country: UK

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Stars	User	Rating
3	monclivie	87 _93rd
Could be great, could be awesome, but the ending is terribly unsatisfying.
2	MartinTeller	74 _50th
These Ealing comedies really don't do it for me. They're fun to watch, and I get the humor, but they're not laugh-out-loud funny to me. More funny in a quiet, whimsical way. The obvious attraction in Kind Hearts is Alec Guiness playing 8 different roles, and he's very good. Dennis Price is quite good in the lead, too. The movie is easy to watch, cleverly plotted, and I'd probably see it again if I caught it while flipping channels or something. But I can't say it knocked my socks off.
2	Pickpocket	6 _55th
I've written before how great of a character actor Guinness is before and he really displays it here playing 8 different characters, one of which was a woman. I wasn't blown away by this film but there was really nothing wrong with it either. I'd probably watch it again but I'm not going out of my way to do so.
2	Nathan S	3 _45th
A typically reserved attitude prevents this from becoming anything more than mild amusement for me. The obvious highlight is Guinness, who occasionally achieves a moment of hilarity.
2	Danilolopes	93 _86th
Such an sensational plot! Alec Guiness and Dennis Price are also great. Really, this is a great, great black comedy.
1	Moribunny	83 _93rd
An impeccably written and utterly deadpan black comedy. Dennis Price and Alec Guinness (in his several different roles) are superb.
1	pprom	95 _99th
Wonderful film, fantastically acted, with dark humour that is actually humorous. Joan Greenwood is a delight and Alec Guinness has huge fun playing most of the roles.
1	MonsterGear	80 _61st
The best kind of British humour; sharp, and black as pitch.
1	JooJoo	5 _80th
An unfortunately stodgy piece of brilliant dialogue and performances. Alec Guinness alone makes this worth it.
1	elmakebabi	70 _64th
It was a comedy? Really? I couldn't figure it out.
1	billkerwin	92 _89th
Perhaps the finest of all British film comedies, this movie features a superb ironic performance by Dennis Price, memorable support from luscious, smoky-voiced Joan Greenwood, and a justly celebrated eight-person portrait gallery from Alec Guinness. The first person narration is wittily written and expertly delivered by Price, and the Edwardian costumes--particularly the gowns worn by the elegant Hobson and the sultry Greenwood--are gorgeous.
1	mandy	5 _19th
Amusing, stiff upper lip British comedy of its time. However the film is driven along by a spoken narrative which is a bit tiresome and the film drags some what, waiting for all the D'Ascoyns to be got rid off, I was glad when 3 were killed off in quick succession.
1	AndreasThau	55 _36th
I thought it was slightly boring, and the jokes were so outlined that I almost never laughed. Maybe just one of those that becomes worse as times change. The whole playing-8-parts Alec Guiness-thing didn't strike me as a fun move, although he did a good job. Not like Strangelove or something, though.
1	afx237vi	60 _52nd
A clever, acerbic, satire on class and aristocracy. I liked it, but the genuinely funny bits are few and far between and it was a bit too dry for me. The circular narrative is nicely done, but Price's voiceover is a little intrusive and starts to get annoying after a while. Good performances from all, but Joan Greenwood's conniving femme fatale was the highlight.
1	Ag0stoMesmer	5 _98th
What a treat. Pitch-black and bone-dry, playful script and almost lyrical dialogue make this really special.
1	dardan	88 _91st
"By no stretch of imagination could you and I be described as ever having been "pals". If I remember correctly, we detested each other cordially from the first day we met, with a detestation which increased with our years."

Average Percentile 73% from 1170 Ratings