| Referred to as an "all-star romantic comedy" and "[possibly] the first artistically successful romantic comedy noir." |
| Rated 9/10 Now this is better!
Having been disappointed by The Maltese Falcon, I started watching this with some trepidation but was pleasantly surprised!
Howard Hawk's direction seemed less... stilted than that of John Huston: is it me?
Also, there was a (hell of a) lot more... 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review? |
| I thought Bogart was OK in this and I thought Sidney Greenstreet was great, the two that got on my goat were Peter Lorre & Mary Astor, now that was over-acting |
| Rated 8/10 Watched this for the first time, a couple of days ago.
Well, yes, it's obviously a classic but my, doesn't it creak!
Some of the dialogue is a bit ropey, but Bogey's (over-)acting? Wow!
Yes, I think 8/10 is about right. :happy: 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review? |
| Robert Parrish is uncredited as a director |
| In the beginning was the word and the word was "meh"... :sad: |
| That way leads to madness...
...who should do the soundtrack
:grin: |
| Didn't realise there was a film of his book!
...an industry maybe, but not a film :)
I may have to seek this one out, but then, all I'll need is my tin-foil hat and I can tune in to it's moon-rays as it exists ambiently in the universal energo-spehere. |
| I was whelmed... well whelmed. Not underly whelmed nor overly so, but whelmed just as well. |
| Underwhelmed by this... :sad: |
| Rated 6/10 Tag-line: "Was God an astronaut?"
Er, no.
An entertaining slice of hokum but nothing more :happy: 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review? |
| The different vinyl soundtrack releases for this film:
First
Second
Third
(Not entirely sure about the order) |
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