Search - Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx on DVD

Bittersweet gem

Matthew Forke | Washington, DC United States | 04/26/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Beautiful sleeper of a film featuring two excellent leading performances and fine photography of Dublin. Margot Kidder and Gene Wilder make an offbeat pair and work very well together. Kidder is stunningly beautiful in her first leading role, almost ten years before her success as Lois Lane. Wilder is totally believable as Quackser -- watch this movie after "Young Frankenstein" and you'll see the enormous range of which this actor is capable. Viewers expecting Mel Brooks-type humor will be disappointed -- "Quackser"'s humor grows from the differences between the two lovers' backgrounds. Warm, simple and sad, "Quackser" also delivers a gentle message about nonconformity. A highly original love story worth adding to your collection."

This film is a must for dubliners

Matthew Forke | 11/15/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this film brings back fond memories to me for it was as a fourteen year old that i watched it being filmed in the ivy market in dublin i had never even heard of gene wilder but to see him dancing around like a man possessed made me laught so much it was a number of years later when i saw the movie it was so enjoyable sadley the dublin it depicted no longer excites i would recommend this film to any one from three to onehundred and three i have looked for this film in every video shop in dublin so it was a great joy to find this site i would like finaly to say to every out there get this film on dvd it will be the best money you will spend this millennium or any other millennium"

Pleasant, Pleasant, Pleasant

Anthony Damato | Chicago, IL USA | 08/14/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The previous Amazon reviewers have given this five stars. QUACKSER FORTUNE is not one of the greatest movies of all time, and not one of the near-greatest. But it's a solid film, worth seeing. The two main characters are three-dimensional, for a change. Both Kidder and Wilder are wonderful in their roles. The picture drags too much; some good editing would have helped. Also there is a bit too much of -- how can I say it? -- reverse condescension. The Irish are a bit "quaint," which endears them to American audiences, I suppose, and also supplies a bit of distance. If this film were set in the US, we'd see two rather flaky people -- a do-it-alone selfish Wilder, and a silly college student Kidder. So it wouldn't work here. But set in Dublin, the trick is pulled off. Bottom line: a solid three-star film, each star standing for "pleasant.""

Gene Wilder At His Irish Best!!

Anthony Damato | 05/22/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Quakser Fortune(Gene Wilder)is a somewhat eccentric,uneducated humble,fertilizer merchant in Dublin Ireland when a rich,sophisicated American visitor Zazel Pierce(Margot Kidder)becomes fascinated by him when they first connect,their different lifestyles become irrelevant but they later grow tired of each other especially by Zazel's snobbish friends.Quakser then retreats to his old job of gathering horse manure to sell as fertilizer.When his cousin in the Bronx dies he leaves a small fortune for Quakser that changes his livelihood forever.This is quite an interesting,offbeat comedy/drama with Gene Wilder at his Irish best!!"