often tag a a comedy and the man in the white suit be lay out far more than a chuckle here and there . sidney stratton be an eccentric inventor who isn not get the chance to flourish his invention on the world because nobody pay him notice and he merely be the odd ball odd job man about the place a it be . after bluff his way into birnley textile mill and he use their laboratory to achieve his goal of invent a fabric that not only never wear out and but also never need to be clean . he be at first proclaim a genius and those who ignore him at first suddenly want a big piece of him and but then the doom portent of an industry go bust rear it head and acclaim quickly turn to something far more scary . yes the film be very funny and in fact some scene be dam hilarious and but it the satirical edge to the film that lift it way above the ordinary to me . the contradiction about the advent of technology be a crucial theme here and do we want invention that save u fortunes whilst close down industry . and you only have to see what happen to the coal industry in britain to know what i be on about . the decade the film be make be a crucial point to note and the making of nuclear weapon become more than just hearsay and science be advance to frighteningly new proportion . you watch this film and see the quick turnaround of event for the main protagonist stanley and from hero to enemy in one foul swoop and a victim of his own pursuit to good mankind . and it so dark the film should of be call the man in the black suit . i honestly can not find anything wrong in this film and the script from roger macdougall and john dighton and and director alex mackendrick could be film today and it wouldn not be out of place such be the sharpness and thought of mind it have . the sound and setting be tremendous and the direction be seamless and with the tonal shift adroitly handle by mackendrick . some of the scene be just wonderful and one in particular tug on the heart string and bring one to think of a certain scene in david lynch elephant man some 29 year later and and yet after such a downturn of event the film still manage to take a wink a the genius that be alec guinness get to close out the film to keep the viewer ponder not only the future of stanley and but also the rest of u in this rapidly advancing world . a timeless masterpiece and thematically and a a piece of art and positive .