Does The Ruling Class end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ruling Class easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ruling Class scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ruling Class sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ruling Class violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Ruling Class

Name: The Ruling Class
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1972
Duration: 154 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne

Directed by Peter Medak

Produced by Keep Films

1972154 min6.4 / 10

A caustic, surreal satire that uses a schizophrenic nobleman's delusions of divinity to skewer class, sanity, and institutional power with dark comedy and theatrical excess.

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

Clusters

Absurdist Political Satire Dark Comedy Nightmares Comedy And Satire Immigrants and Exiles Rural Countryside Setting

Genres

Comedy Drama

Keywords

Schizophrenia Great Britain Asylum Delusion Dark Comedy Country Estate Satire Based On Play Or Musical Inheritance Fight

Questions people ask

Does The Ruling Class end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Ruling Class easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Ruling Class scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is The Ruling Class sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is The Ruling Class 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.

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