A lot of people in Victorian dress fanny about while proposing to build and send a rocket to the moon.
This film should be sued under the Trades Descriptions Act for several reasons.
One, the title sells it as Vernian science fiction: it isn't. Sending a rocket to the moon is the furthest thing from its tiny little mind.
Two, it is presented as a comedy: it isn't. That would require the script to be funny, an area in which it fails woefully.
I award it points for good period detail, and a great cast who do the best the can with the poor material they have been given, with the exceptions of Troy Donahue and Daliah (not Deliah) Lavi, who both manage to be worse than the script. No mean feat.
This film should be sued under the Trades Descriptions Act for several reasons.
One, the title sells it as Vernian science fiction: it isn't. Sending a rocket to the moon is the furthest thing from its tiny little mind.
Two, it is presented as a comedy: it isn't. That would require the script to be funny, an area in which it fails woefully.
I award it points for good period detail, and a great cast who do the best the can with the poor material they have been given, with the exceptions of Troy Donahue and Daliah (not Deliah) Lavi, who both manage to be worse than the script. No mean feat.