{"id":3319,"date":"2007-06-10T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T23:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2021-09-21T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T06:08:31","slug":"entertaining-mr-sloane-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3319","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Who can resist love&#8217;s impulses, Mr. Sloane? Who can foretell where it&#8217;s going to strike?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA handsome young drifter (Peter McEnery) is invited to live with a middle-aged nymphomaniac (Beryl Reid), her misogynist brother (Harry Andrews), and their aging &#8220;Dadda&#8221; (Alan Webb). Soon, however, Mr. Sloane (McEnery) is identified by &#8220;Dadda&#8221; as a murderer, and finds himself caught in a sticky situation.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Harry Andrews Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a play by British writer Joe Orton &#8212; whose tragic death was portrayed in Stephen Frears&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3466\"><em>Prick Up Your Ears<\/em> (1987) <\/a> &#8212; this devilishly irreverent black comedy is remarkably risque. It&#8217;s fun to see Beryl Reid (star of the lesbian-themed <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2103\"><em>Killing of Sister George<\/em><\/a>) camping it up as an aging nympho (check out her see-through dress in the first part of the film &#8212; she&#8217;s fearless!), and Harry Andrews is a suitable foil as her closeted-gay brother, who seems to express his sexual preferences primarily through overt woman-hating. In the title role, Peter McEnery is yummy eye candy &#8212; his sculpted body is almost a parody of carnal desire. The story itself goes in all sorts of unexpected directions, and you&#8217;ll likely find your mouth agape by the truly surreal ending. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beryl Reid&#8217;s delightfully wacky performance as Kath<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Reid-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harry Andrews as Ed<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Andrews-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peter McEnery as &#8220;Mr. Sloane&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Entertaining-Mr-Sloane-Still-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joe Orton&#8217;s clever, hugely irreverent script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. As the most successful cinematic adaptation of Joe Orton&#8217;s work, this should be of interest to all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Relevance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0065700\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/07\/28\/archives\/the-screen-entertaining-mr-sloane.html\">NY Times Original Review (spoilers alert!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who can resist love&#8217;s impulses, Mr. Sloane? Who can foretell where it&#8217;s going to strike?&#8221; Synopsis: A handsome young drifter (Peter McEnery) is invited to live with a middle-aged nymphomaniac (Beryl Reid), her misogynist brother (Harry Andrews), and their aging &#8220;Dadda&#8221; (Alan Webb). Soon, however, Mr. Sloane (McEnery) is identified by &#8220;Dadda&#8221; as a murderer, and finds himself caught in a sticky situation. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Harry Andrews Films Love Triangle Play Adaptation Siblings Review: Based&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3319\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76357,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions\/76357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}