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Actors: Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks, Rita Tushingham, Donal Donelly
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Knack...And How to Get It |
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Colin is an uptight London schoolteacher, watching the 1960's sexual revolution from the sidelines. By contrast, his tenant, Tolen, makes so many sexual conquests that he has a guest book in his room. Colin pictures women lining up on the stairs for the privilege of signing it. Torn between shock and jealousy, Colin asks for his advice. As Tolen rambles about establishing contact and domination, Colin's mind wanders to his own simple plan: To get a bed bigger than Tolen's. With the help of a talkative stranger named Tom - who has just moved into Colin's other spare room without permission, and is in the process of painting everything in it white - he searches for a colossal bed at the dump.
Across town, unworldly Nancy gets off of a bus with her luggage. Her search for the YWCA lands her everywhere but, including the dump. Tom befriends her easily, but Colin is shy. She helps them to float the bed down the river and wheel it through traffic to Colin's house - only to find that it is too big to budge up the stairwell. Tolen arrives, and can't resist demonstrating his flirting prowess on Nancy. She is warily attracted, but slaps him when he implies that he was just warming her up for Colin. But she melts for his apology, and accepts a ride on his motorcycle. Protective of her, Colin and Tom run after them to the park. Tolen's light kisses and caresses compel her to back away, yet ask for more. At his mere approach, she faints.
Colin and Tom find her on the ground. Tolen declares that he did nothing to her; that this is just one of the hazards of his fatal knack. But when Nancy comes to, she flattens his bike tires and traipses through the streets, chanting "rape" to anyone who will listen. The three follow her back to Colin's house, where she shuts herself into Tolen's room, undresses, plays Tolen's drums, writes in his guest book, and lies on his bed - still chanting "rape". As the three wait on the stairs for her next move, Tolen freezes at the suggestion that she is expecting him to rape her and he should get on with it. Disconcerted, he excuses himself to go to the Albert Hall, where he and his even more lascivious friend, Rory McBride, are having a reunion of all their former conquests. But the girls there surprise him with their cool reception. Back at the house, Colin is equally surprised when Nancy emerges in just her coat and tells him she thinks he is rugged and handsome, increasing his confidence level considerably.
--vjm, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Knack...And How to Get It |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- rape
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
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