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...KNACK. As the gamin up for grabs in a town house occupied by three offbeat British bachelors, Rita Tushingham shines through the sight gags in Director Richard Lester's (A Hard Day's Night) frantic, frequently hilarious version of the New York-London stage...
...greatest charm is big-eyed Rita Tushingham, fresh from A Taste of Honey and Girl With Green Eyes, but here much more the comedienne. She plays Nancy, an open mouthed arrival in London who asks everyone for directions to the YMCA. She ends up instead with three bachelors...
Director Richard Lester apparently saw he had a good thing going in A Hard Day's Night, so he repeats his rapid-cut technique here with equal success. He had a stage hit on his hands before he began filming, for The Knack, filled theatres in London -- where Miss Tushingham created the role Nancy -- and New York. But Lester made an indoor play into an outdoor movie, spicing it with wild cycle rides, water skiing romps, and traffic tie-ups. His sight gags are old hat slapstick but none the worse for wear, and they don't overshadow the personal...
...Knack moves too fast to let you or the actors take it seriously. After you've gulped down the last frame, and you've stopped warmly tottering out of the theatre, you're sure of just two things: you're seen a very funny movie, and Rita Tushingham is the greatest girl ever made...
...KNACK. There is more than enough running, jumping and New Cinema gimmickry in this movie version of the New York-London stage success, but the sight gags are often hilarious and so is Rita Tushingham as the girl pursued by three oddball British bachelors...