The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Comedy · Music · TV Movie · 1978
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Movie details
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
“A living legend that will live long after other living legends have died.”
1978 Comedy · Music · TV Movie 1h 13m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.3 / 10
7.3K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92 %
Tomatometer
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Eric Idle · Gary Weis
Written by
Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
Neil Innes
Ron Nasty
Ricky Fataar
Stig O'Hara
J
John Halsey
Barry Womble
Michael Palin
Eric Manchester
Mick Jagger
Self - Rock Star
George Harrison
The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
Court is in session
Put The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.