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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1966

Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi

Tatsuya Mihashi, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tadao Nakamaru ...

4.7

2,132

Comedy Woody Allen took a Japanese spy movie entitled Kagi no Kagi, replacing the original voice track with a completely different plot. This new version narrates the adventures of agent Phil Moskowitz and his dangerous mission of obtaining the recipe for the “best egg salad in the world”. Helped by the lovely Suki Yaki and Teri Yaki, Moskowitz has to prevent the recipe from falling into the hands of the evil Shepherd Wong.

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Arguably Woody Allen's funniest movie (...) A riotous object lesson in how much dialogue can transform visuals, and Allen works wonders with it"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"The idea for this satirical adventure is so bright, it's a real pity that the picture doesn't hold up, even with some truly hilarious moments, specifically wisecracks, courtesy of Woody Allen"	NEU
United States	Donald Liebenson Entertainment Weekly	"References to vibrators and cattle prods mark the emergence of a hipper style of comedy"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Funny in places but not Allen's best writing... and its difficult to get beyond the conceit (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"The production has one premise -- deliberately mismatched dialog -- which is sustained reasonably well through its brief running time."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"[A] wonderfully cockeyed movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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