Joseph McGrath's movie version remains an acerbic, late-Sixties dark comedy classic.

A spotty, uneven satire (from the novel by Terry Southern) with a number of good yocks, but insufficient sustained wit or related action.

The result is a variety concert of a film in which most of the acts/jokes fall flat.

The Magic Christian cries out to be re-visited. For all the cultural specificity of the novel and film, Grand remains a strikingly modern figure.