The Knack... and How to Get It

1965

Action / Comedy

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 4044 4K

london, england womanizer landlord black and white

Plot summary

A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.

Director

Richard Lester Photo
Richard Lester

Top cast

Charles Dyer Photo
Charles Dyer as Man in Photo Booth
Timothy Bateson Photo
Timothy Bateson as Junkyard Owner
Wanda Ventham Photo
Wanda Ventham as Gym Mistress
Eve Eden Photo
Eve Eden as Girl
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606.15 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 2
1.28 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 7 / 10

Man Must Dominate

'Richard' Lester (as he was then billed) had just scored a huge hit with 'A Hard Day's Night' and before he moved on to 'Help' indulged himself with this raucous adaptation of Ann Jellicoe's play which today looks more of a museum piece than either of the films he made with the Fab Four (compounded with a light-hearted attitude to rape that certainly won't sit well with today's #MeToo generation).Set off by a snazzy score by John Barry, in it's frantic desire to be 'with it' it gets rather tiring and it's sobering to reflect that most of the bright young things that inhabit it are now in their eighties; but if you look fast you'll spot a wetsuited eighteen year-old Charlotte Rampling who still looks just as icily handsome in her late seventies.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

fun sex comedy

Schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford) is sexless in swinging London. He is both annoyed and jealous of his neighbor Tolen (Ray Brooks), a playboy who has a parade of beautiful women marching into his apartment. It's girls, girls, girls, everywhere girls. Nancy Jones (Rita Tushingham) is new to the city and learning her way.This is light fun in the sex comedy space. Its editing and story telling is downright modern. The directing reminds me of Edgar Wright. It's great to do both sides of the sexual revolution story by following Nancy on her journey. I would get rid of the third flat-mate. She should have been the third. The rape is a surprising turn with one hilarious line. It's a fun look at 60's London and its changing sexual culture.
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