You really do have to suspend disbelief to watch this movie. Peter Sellers is a retarded gardener, when 'the old man' dies and Sellers has to leave the house he gardens for, he is involved in an accident and taken in by a very very rich man, who happens to be close friends with the president, Sellers is mistaken for a genius and gets on tv, has Shirley Mclaine fall in love with him, becomes front page news and everyone adores him. Sound far fetched? To believe the characters in the film (including the president) think he is some sort of genius from his random ramblings is a bit much and I found myself quite tense/embarrassed through most of the film, thinking he was going to be caught out any minute. He gets away with it however and there is a somewhat lose ending. Sellers as ever is fantastic, though I feel he did better performances and had better characters in 'Dr.Strangelove' and 'Lolita' Still, it is quite an interesting movie at points. There is a fantastic scene where Sellers walks on water, and it is worth watching just for Sellers alone, but too boring and unrealistic to watch twice.
Review of Being There
