What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

What A Cast!... What A Past!... What A Show!...

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Produced by APJAC Productions, Orchard Productions

1964111 min7.1 / 10

A stylish, comedic romp through four marriages and deaths, balancing satirical dark humor about wealth and ambition with romantic spectacle and visual flair.

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Questions people ask

  • Is What a Way to Go! scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is What a Way to Go! violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does What a Way to Go! end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is What a Way to Go! sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is What a Way to Go! easy watching? 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.

78/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise68

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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