The Kitchen Sink was drawing to a close when founding father Karl Reisz made "Morgan; A Suitable Case for Treatment" from David Mercer's screenplay. The time is 1966 and, to be honest, it's more Swinging London than Kitchen Sink as David Warner's Morgan goes off the rails as he tries to win back ex-wife Vanessa Redgrave. She's terrific, (and was Oscar-nominated, competing against her sister Lynn), and Warner is also very good as the increasingly unstable Morgan. They, and London, are the stars of the film. It's billed as a comedy but just because it's frequently surreal and off-the-wall doesn't mean it's funny and like a lot of films from this period it now feels very dated as do the blue-collar caricatures played by Irene Handl and Arthur Mullard. Best view it as a period piece and something of a curio.Friday, 4 October 2019
MORGAN; A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT *
The Kitchen Sink was drawing to a close when founding father Karl Reisz made "Morgan; A Suitable Case for Treatment" from David Mercer's screenplay. The time is 1966 and, to be honest, it's more Swinging London than Kitchen Sink as David Warner's Morgan goes off the rails as he tries to win back ex-wife Vanessa Redgrave. She's terrific, (and was Oscar-nominated, competing against her sister Lynn), and Warner is also very good as the increasingly unstable Morgan. They, and London, are the stars of the film. It's billed as a comedy but just because it's frequently surreal and off-the-wall doesn't mean it's funny and like a lot of films from this period it now feels very dated as do the blue-collar caricatures played by Irene Handl and Arthur Mullard. Best view it as a period piece and something of a curio.
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