Alas, Leslie Nielsen doesn't play Hudson, the quintessential butler, but the redoubtable Frank Finlay does; he pours tea for a quintessential maiden aunt (Prunella Scales) and her quintessentially sexually hungry niece (Georgina Cates). There are also a twitty, ''Brideshead''-y nephew, an earthy D.H. Lawrencian gardener, a raj-mad tea-plantation owner (Peter Ustinov), and copious jokes needling the blasted class system that continues to earn Ismail Merchant and James Ivory a bundle.
'LIPS' SERVICE Cates (left) lets Sean Pertwee carry the load
EW's GRADE
B-Details Rated: Unrated; Length: 87 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Georgina Cates, Frank Finlay and Prunella Scales; Distributor: Miramax Home Video
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