★★★★ Although there is a huge prejudice against English cinema (much of it justified, let’s be honest), there was a moment in the 50’s when certain molds were broken: it was when the production company Ealing began to produce comedies, especially those directed by alexander mackendrick, a guy with an ironic look on the world. To him we owe The Death Quintet, and also one of the biggest British hits, The man in the white suit, the story of a scientist who invents a fabric that neither stains nor wrinkles, which puts the textile industrialists in the pillory. Part of a fantastic or absurd premise to build a moral and social panorama from humor. The best thing, apart from an intelligent script, is the work of Sir Alec Guinness, one of those movie characters who gave nobility to everything they did, whether it was a comedy like this, The Bridge on the River Kwai or Star Wars. For him alone it is worth it.
