![]() Karen Black's honest performance is the standout of the rest of the cast, the overall standard of the rest of the cast being not bad at all. Wilder and Mostel are a dream together, having lost none of what made their chemistry so memorable in 'The Producers'. ![]() A very memorable scene, for Mostel's delivery and the very effective use of shadows and POV camera angles. His finest being his transformation scene. Mostel is larger than life, without dominating too much, and often riotous. Wilder had always been a very funny and expressive performer and actor, he shows both here beautifully whether verbal or non-verbal. 'Rhinoceros' definitely has its good things, but it primarily suffers from trying too hard and taking the wrong approach to the source material.Īs said, there are things done well. Of the other films in the series, only 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris' is worse and the film is a not a patch on the earlier winners 'The Iceman Cometh' and 'The Homecoming'. 'Rhinoceros' to me is one of the weakest of this inconsistent series of films adapted from plays, one that started off so well but was very mixed from 'A Delicate Balance' onwards. That it is one of the films making up the American Film Theatre series was another interest point and did expect a fair bit. The source material that 'Rhinoceros' will never be one of my favourites, but it is interesting and entertaining. Both immensely gifted and much missed performers and their partnership in 'The Producers' deserves legendary status. The main selling points for seeing 'Rhinoceros' were Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 5 / 10 Rhino weirdness
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