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I loved it!

posted 11 years ago by sph1984
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It's finally on Netflix and I watched it tonight. Very pleasantly surprised. I've always been interested since I enjoy Alicia Silverstone, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Lillard and some of the others. It very much deserves to be praised as much as Moulin Rouge and Chicago and especially lauded as the "first" to start the trend of musicals that came out in the 00's. I love the retro pastiche feel it has and owes to musicals of the 40s/50s. I heard some cry foul over Alicia Silverstone and I just chalk it up to personal taste. I can see why some find her grating but she's such a non-force in the film that she doesn't overpower it like as if she was a true star of the film. I'd say this is an ensemble film at the core and even slowly lets Natasha McElhone creep in to take over the film a bit? Anyway just wanted to say how much I loved the feel of it and it's sad that this is pretty much a forgotten film. Hopefully being on Netflix now will allow it to find an audience it deserves.

[–] Blueghost 9 years ago

It's a fun film. It's kind of campy, but I liked it.

[–] naylormd1980 9 years ago

Totally agree; found on Netflix, and have watched lots of WS's film adaptations, particularly Branagh's. Saw the *really* neg reviews ahead of time so turned it on mostly to marvel at what I thought would be a train wreck... But I was totally disappointed, because I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure why the hate thing is out for this one, maybe the fact that every bit of it is silver-screen style, sets, slapstick, and still ironically tongue-in-cheek about it even while playfully laying out the original story in this weirdly whimsical setting-- it's actually really smartly done, maybe critics just didn't get it, or didn't like the style. Personally, I think the cast works together well, and each get the broad 30s acting style they're mimicking. Silverstone did just as well as the rest, I think; it's just a really clever adaptation that's fun, light and sweet, and deserves much better feedback than a lot have given it.