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Bernard & The Genie | 
 enlarge | Director: Paul Weiland
Actors: Lenny Henry, John Gabriel, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson, Denis Lill
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Video
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 12404
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 70 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 630258731X
UPC: 086162576638
EAN: 9786302587319
ASIN: 630258731X
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1992
Release Date: October 20, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 5-star movie, 1-star picure quality September 1, 2008
Seska Lien (Seattle, WA)
I LOVE this movie and looked for it on VHS and DVD for quite awhile before it was available on Amazon, and while it's just as funny as I remembered, the picture quality of this DVD is terrible. The company that produced it should have tried to get a better-quality source video---there must be one out there because the picture quality was not this bad when I last saw this movie on television back in 2000. At least Amazon has lowered the price; when I bought this DVD from them a couple of years back it was $28.95.
But all picture complaining aside, this movie is wonderful and my family loved watching our home-recorded VHS copy every Christmas for years. :)
Genie-ous July 16, 2008
Tied to Tree (Texas)
This is a Christmas classic that ranks up there with The Irony of Fate or Have a Nice Steam Bath. The actors sparkle. The plot is magical.
Bernard and the Genie March 29, 2008
Erica J. Gallagher (Milton,Vt USA)
This is a great movie in the British Comedy tradition. The songs are wonderful. Rowen Atkinson plays a very good villian and the rest of the cast is terrific. There is something new to catch each time you watch it. My whole family really enjoys it.
One of the funniest Christmas movies December 13, 2007
J. Gates (Adelaide, South Australia)
Bernard and the Genie is a little known BBC telemovie running just over an hour. Featuring Alan Cumming as Bernard, we follow Cumming as he experiences a really, really bad day. After losing his job and discovering his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend, Bernard uncovers a genie hidden in a lamp. Lenny Henry is superb as the 2000 year old genie who is yet to discover the wonders of contemporary music, icecream, McDonalds, the cinema and the modern Christmas.
Highly recommended and certainly one of the best Christmas movies around. It was worth all of the effort used in tracking down a copy!
Josephus! November 30, 2007
J. Walter Lutsch (Gotham City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bernard and the Genie is a family favorite. Its been our tradition to watch this film every Christmas and no matter how many times we see it, it will never get old.
This inspired tale of a down on his luck art dealer and a fantastically over the rambunctious Genie not only will have you laughing at some good clean humor but get you into the Christmas mood as well.
The quality of the DVD isn't all that great, probably because the original film may have been lost, and as such the transfer had to be made from a VHS copy, but its a detail that can easily be looked past for the brilliance of this movie.
Lenny Henry steals the show as the ridiculously outspoken and lovable Genie Josephus!
The rest of the cast is excellently played, including Alan Cummings portrayal of poor Bernard, who finds out what Christmas really means after spending it with a 2000 year old Genie.
Rowan Atkinson plays Bernards vile and villainous employer, as the Art dealer Charles Pinkworth.
In short, this is an excellent film, one that captures the holiday spirit in an original and hilarious way.
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