All this is a well-tried type of nonsense, with a sound grounding in verisimilitude, that needs the right touch to emerge as both wild and funny. [Irvin] Kershner has this touch and his film never loses our amused attention.

...a decent-enough premise that's employed to increasingly (and aggressively) unwatchable effect...

Never finds its own voice.

The off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment.