I'm All Right, Jack is the rare sequel that is better than its predecessor. The earlier film, Private's Progress, is funny, but I'm All Right, Jack is both funny and observant in the knowing and telling ways that are the hallmarks of good satire. The film's high point is a star-making performance from Peter Sellers, who shows the versatility that he would sharpen in such classic films as Dr. Strangelove and Being There. The film belongs to the distinctly British genre of subversive working-class comedies, which would later include such films as Brassed Off and The Full Monty and even such non-comedies as Trainspotting. Few films of the late 1950s are as intelligent, even if the film is not seen often enough by current-day audiences.