It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!

Directed by Stanley Kramer

Produced by United Artists, Casey Productions

1963192 min7.0 / 10

A sprawling, high-octane slapstick farce built on pure comedic chaos and competition, where the joy lies entirely in the absurd spectacle of strangers chasing treasure across California.

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

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Questions people ask

  • Is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

63/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity40

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise85

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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