I
am shocked that this film isn’t talked about more. Peter O’Toole plays
both Jesus and Jack the Ripper in the same movie. This satirical film is
hilarious as well as nasty. I loved every minute. Whether it be the
musical numbers or O’Toole’s perfectly played flip from good to evil, it’s a
devilish good time and still holds up as a great black
comedy. The story is of a paranoid schizophrenic named Jack
who thinks he’s the son of god who becomes an Earl. Hoping to pass the
title onto a proper heir Jack’s uncle marries Jack off to his mistress, to get
her pregnant, and then return his nephew back to the
asylum. Yet it seems Jack is cured instead, or that’s what it
first appears. Actually he now believes he’s the evil Jack the
Ripper. Grade: A-
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