Aunt Clara

I would agree with 2 of the previous reviewers who have highlighted a major problem with this film,Ronnie Shiner.The director seems content to let him bulldoze everyone else out of the way,overacting wildly.Alas it isn't that funny.Furthermore the main premise of the film is done to death by the end.Margaret Rutherford is likely to be so shocked by the investments of her late relative,A.E.Matthews,that she has to be shielded from them.However in each case she is worldly wise to know what is going on.This might be funny once or twice,but when constantly repeated it actually becomes a bit of a bore.There are a lot of well known character actors appearing in this film but unfortunately they are let down by a script which lacks humour and which ends up rather maudlin.Shiner was a big star in the 1950s but ill health curtailed his career.When you watch his films today you can only wonder why audiences found him so funny.I do remember going to watch him in Operation Bullshine and walking out half way through!