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'''''The Knack …and How to Get It''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Lester]] and starring [[Rita Tushingham]], [[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]], [[Michael Crawford]], and [[Donal Donnelly]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Knack ...and How to Get It |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150030641 |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> The screenplay by [[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]] is based on athe 1962 play of''The theKnack: sameA nameComedy in Three Acts'' by [[Ann Jellicoe]]. The film is considered emblematic of the [[Swinging Sixties|Swinging London]] cultural phenomenon. It was the first movie appearance of Jane Birkin and Charlotte Rampling.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-17 |title=Jane Birkin remembered by Charlotte Rampling |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/17/obituaries-2023-jane-birkin-remembered-by-charlotte-rampling |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

The film premiered in-competition at the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]], and won the [[Palme d'Or]] and the Technical Grand Prize. At the [[19th British Academy Film Awards]], the film was nominated in six categories, including [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] and [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]]. Rita Tushingham was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]], and the film was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film|Best English-Language Foreign Film]].

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==Release==

===Critical reception===

In ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Bosley Crowther]] positively reviewed it as "delightfully mobile" and a "frenziedly running, jumping picture".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505EEDA1F30E033A25753C3A9609C946491D6CF |title=Screen: 'The Knack' Opens at Plaza:Director Gives Pace to Off-Beat Story |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=30 June 1965 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''Variety'' praised the performances, citing [[Rita Tushingham]] as perfect in her role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/the-knack-and-how-to-get-it-1200420747/ |title=Review: 'The Knack … And How to Get It' |last=Staff |date=31 December 1964 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

The film has fared less well on reappraisal. In 2001, the ''Wallflower Critical Guide'' noted the creativity in cinematography and editing, but said it disrupted the storytelling.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Yoram Allon |editor2=Del Cullen |editor3=Hannah Patterson |title=Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide |publisher=Wallflower Press |date=2001 |isbn=1903364213 |page=199}}</ref>

In 2016, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' ranked it the 49th best film to win the Palme d'Or (out of the 69 films to win up to that point), stating it "hasn't aged well" but the setting was a great asset.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cannes-palme-dor-winners-ranked-891143/item/best-intentions-palme-dor-winners-891108 |title=Cannes: All the Palme d'Or Winners, Ranked |last=Staff |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

The film has fared less well on reappraisal. In 2001, the ''Wallflower Critical Guide'' noted the creativity in cinematography and editing, but said it disrupted the storytelling.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Yoram Allon |editor2=Del Cullen |editor3=Hannah Patterson |title=Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide |publisher=Wallflower Press |date=2001 |isbn=1903364213 |page=199}}</ref> In 2016, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked it the 49th best film to win the Palme d'Or (out of the 69 films to win up to that point), stating it "hasn't aged well" but the setting was a great asset.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cannes-palme-dor-winners-ranked-891143/item/best-intentions-palme-dor-winners-891108 |title=Cannes: All the Palme d'Or Winners, Ranked |last=Staff |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In 2020, as part of a profile of Tushingham, Stuart Jeffries in ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the film "painful to watch", citing "the levity with which the film treats rape, not to mention Nancy's weird hysteria, is bound to make modern audiences a little queasy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/28/rita-tushingham-interview-taste-of-honey-shock-60s |title=Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Accolades===