MegaSuperstar
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Mix murder with mystery and add a few drops of humor. Remove it -not shake it. The result? An excepcional, fun, entertaining movie that happens to be the first of a series of Michael Shayne mysteries. And what an entry!
Lloyd Nolan shines playing a charismatic, smart, dynamic Michael Shayne with brains and lots of resources to solve any mystery - including counting on aunt Olivia's help!. Nolan really excells in this role.
The script (by Stanley Rauh, Manning O'Connor and Brett Halliday) is very well done with constant twists and tricks and a frantic rhythm. Dialogues are brilliant and funny (see trivia section). Shayne messes everything and constantly tricks police providing false evidences and turning everything upside down with the invaluable help of aunt Olivia (great characterization by Elizabeth Patterson), a murder mystery fan.
Sets are effective and beautifully designed. All the actors play at their best and the mystery is trully effective.
All this makes this movie a highly enjoyable and very entertaining film.
Lloyd Nolan shines playing a charismatic, smart, dynamic Michael Shayne with brains and lots of resources to solve any mystery - including counting on aunt Olivia's help!. Nolan really excells in this role.
The script (by Stanley Rauh, Manning O'Connor and Brett Halliday) is very well done with constant twists and tricks and a frantic rhythm. Dialogues are brilliant and funny (see trivia section). Shayne messes everything and constantly tricks police providing false evidences and turning everything upside down with the invaluable help of aunt Olivia (great characterization by Elizabeth Patterson), a murder mystery fan.
Sets are effective and beautifully designed. All the actors play at their best and the mystery is trully effective.
All this makes this movie a highly enjoyable and very entertaining film.
Only a humble tv movie but the best portrait of Elvis by far. Kurt Russell simply IS Elvis. His looks, his movements, his full performance should deserved an oscar. Shelley Winters is great too, delivering a perfect portrait of Elvis' mother.
Although not Elvis' voice Ronnie McDowwell singing is superb. His sound and singing style really resembles Elvis' in this movie.
You can see Russell enjoys what he is doing - in fact he declared he was an avid Elvis fan - and Carpenter really cares about the film, telling the story of Elvis -the man and the singer - in a respectful way. Not a explotation film although several facts have been altered or inacurately shown. Bit slow-paced and clearly low-budget, the movie is however, a complete and honest report on Elvis life and music.
Although not Elvis' voice Ronnie McDowwell singing is superb. His sound and singing style really resembles Elvis' in this movie.
You can see Russell enjoys what he is doing - in fact he declared he was an avid Elvis fan - and Carpenter really cares about the film, telling the story of Elvis -the man and the singer - in a respectful way. Not a explotation film although several facts have been altered or inacurately shown. Bit slow-paced and clearly low-budget, the movie is however, a complete and honest report on Elvis life and music.
Poor adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel Flowers for Mrs. Harris this movie lacks all the charm and beauty that its 1992 predecessor Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris starring Angela Lansbury and Omar Shariff had.
Not only the script omits all the enchanting facts in the novel but also adds some ugly and utterly annoying touches -like the garbage collectors strike (!?) and the cabaret scene - that seem to be added on purpose to ruin the fairytale atmosphere and frustrate the viewer. No opportunity to disappoint the viewer is wasted here. The novel main "character" - Dior dress- is minimized to an uninspired and trivial one and by no means a matter of main importance for Mrs. Harris. Her friendship with the marquis is changed into a frustrated love story instead, not to mention Mrs. Harris' cook friend conversion into a totally different character. Mrs. Harris herself becomes more interested - and angered by - social differences than in her dreamed gown. Even at the Dior fashion show dresses can not be properly seen.
In the novel everybody wants to help her to thank her for changing their lives for good but here one wonders why.
Under the premise of adapting a fairytale style book this movie desguises a totally different, irritating and disappointing message and what's worst, it makes it in a subterfuge way that annoys much more than the film itself.
Do you a favor and watch much better and true to the novel spirit 1992 Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris instead, a lovely sweet fairytale with solid authentic performances and full of kind-hearted characters.
Not only the script omits all the enchanting facts in the novel but also adds some ugly and utterly annoying touches -like the garbage collectors strike (!?) and the cabaret scene - that seem to be added on purpose to ruin the fairytale atmosphere and frustrate the viewer. No opportunity to disappoint the viewer is wasted here. The novel main "character" - Dior dress- is minimized to an uninspired and trivial one and by no means a matter of main importance for Mrs. Harris. Her friendship with the marquis is changed into a frustrated love story instead, not to mention Mrs. Harris' cook friend conversion into a totally different character. Mrs. Harris herself becomes more interested - and angered by - social differences than in her dreamed gown. Even at the Dior fashion show dresses can not be properly seen.
In the novel everybody wants to help her to thank her for changing their lives for good but here one wonders why.
Under the premise of adapting a fairytale style book this movie desguises a totally different, irritating and disappointing message and what's worst, it makes it in a subterfuge way that annoys much more than the film itself.
Do you a favor and watch much better and true to the novel spirit 1992 Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris instead, a lovely sweet fairytale with solid authentic performances and full of kind-hearted characters.