A Bridge Too, Far Out

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2011)

For me the only selling point for this movie was Bill Goldman's screenplay. Although I have seen several films in which he acted plus a couple he directed I've never been particularly enamoured of Dickie -all-I-want-is-a-knighthood Attenborough and 'names' like Olivier in cameo roles are more likely to turn me off than on. Nevertheless, having bought the DVD at a giveaway price on the strength of Goldman's name I watched it without being bored, relishing to occasional Goldmanism and more or less absorbing a piece of history. Essentially it could be described as a monumental cock-up in which several factors conspired to defeat a plan that was itself half-cocked. Despite being a tad overlong it is, on the whole, watchable.