I'd start this review with a classic Woody Allen quote: "I though of that old joke, y'know, the, this, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy. He thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" And the guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much how I feel about relationships. Y'know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd and, but, uh, I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs."
Well, this movie is like a caricature of love. Suddenly the whole world around you starts to sing (the Isn't it romantic sequence in the beginning of the movie), you do the craziest things for the loved one while not realizing how nutty you actually are ('Let me sing for you!'), and even the movie is placed in a fabled castle, but who doesn't feel like living in one while being in love?
Chevalier was perfect as the Parisian tailor and I've always thought that there's something really calming about his timbre. This is my first Jeanette McDonald movie, but she was absolutely gorgeous in this one, and has a nice soprano range. And of course the one who made me watch this 'very crazy movie', Myrna Loy in the type of role I've never seen her in before. She had some of the funniest lines in the picture and was adorable and fresh as ever.
The songs were all superb, I especially loved Isn't it romantic?, Mimi & of course Love Me Tonight.
What can I say, not a typical movie, but if you're once captured by its spell...a 10/10 romance for me.
Well, this movie is like a caricature of love. Suddenly the whole world around you starts to sing (the Isn't it romantic sequence in the beginning of the movie), you do the craziest things for the loved one while not realizing how nutty you actually are ('Let me sing for you!'), and even the movie is placed in a fabled castle, but who doesn't feel like living in one while being in love?
Chevalier was perfect as the Parisian tailor and I've always thought that there's something really calming about his timbre. This is my first Jeanette McDonald movie, but she was absolutely gorgeous in this one, and has a nice soprano range. And of course the one who made me watch this 'very crazy movie', Myrna Loy in the type of role I've never seen her in before. She had some of the funniest lines in the picture and was adorable and fresh as ever.
The songs were all superb, I especially loved Isn't it romantic?, Mimi & of course Love Me Tonight.
What can I say, not a typical movie, but if you're once captured by its spell...a 10/10 romance for me.