The Knack and How To Get It (1965)

The Knack and How To Get It
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You either have it or you don't. The knack, that is, of seduction! From the director of the Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help! comes this "inventive and hilarious" (Time) romp through love and sex in 1960's London. Featuring Richard Lester's frenetic filmmaking style – careening from slapstick to serious to avant-garde – this "genuinely dazzling" (Los Angeles Times) film is a mod masterpiece! Cool and sophisticated Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a monopoly on womanizing – with a long line of conquests to prove it – while the naïve and awkward Colin (Michael Crawford) desperately wants a piece of it. But when Colin falls for an innocent country girl (Rita Tushingham), it's not long before the self-assured Tolen moves in for the kill. Is all fair in love and war, or can Colin get the knack and beat Tolen at his own game?

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Reviewed by: Hilary A.   |   23 December 2008

i shall date myself and reveal that i saw this movie at the cinema when it first came out, which is why i wanted to see it again. it is an evocative portrayal which sure reminded me of those days, and what it was like to share digs in london in b

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Reviewed by: Inge C.   |   1 June 2007

what a waste of time only watched the beginning then could not take it anymore

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Reviewed by: Janice T.   |   9 January 2009

Like the previous reviewer, I didn't finish it either. Best bits were the women's clothes.

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