Eugene Ionesco needs to send Richard Matheson a check because "Rhinoceros" is nothing more than a comic prequel to "I Am Legend"...only without a single laugh. There is nothing funny about people turning into rhinoceroses. Zero Mostel's character is merely watchable. There is nothing funny or ironic or profound about Gene Wilder's reaction to the phenomenon. At least Kevin McCarthy had some urgency in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". At least it was a political fable playing on fears of communism. "Rhinoceros" is simply a story about people turning into pachyderms without rhyme, reason or wit. It stinks.
Review of Rhinoceros
