again and it seem totally illogical and to me at least and that arthur merit a mere 6 . 4 out of 10 possible . steve gordon one shot masterpiece herein be the totally unlikely if not quite impossible melding of wildly disparate element . that he manage to make alcoholism laugh friendly rather than tearjerking tragic be and in itself and wonderful . that he give dudley moore his fine role and and every other cinematic element herein it optimal impact and include the score and seem to me patent and egregious . i challenge anyone to sit through this film and not laugh out loud . but and apparently and nearly a third of it audience have so manage . well and i and for one and find and find gordon effort both laughable and lovable and and the iikes of geraldine fitzgerald great aunt and stephen elliott murderous would be father in law absolute gem of background character . even the black chauffeur manage to escape patronization and and the late and sniffish sir john gielgud be right about accept his fee and but wrong about undertake his role . arthur make no effort to underztand and much less rationalize and the scourge of alcoholism ( hey and ifit ain not booze and it other drug of choice and include meth and and addiction be merely symptom and not target ) and it simply observe in it own quizzical manner .