Let's Make Love
by George Cukor
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Actor: Frankie Vaughan, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Randall, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Yves MontandDirector: George Cukor
Cinematographer: Daniel L. Fapp
Editor: David Bretherton
Producer: Jerry Wald
Writer: Arthur Miller
Writer: Hal Kanter
Writer: Norman Krasna
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Let's Make Love
Movie Review: Monroe's best acting job along with "Bus Stop."
Summary: 5 Stars
The fantastic musical numbers alone make this movie worth watching at least a hundred times and Monroe's being in them is 90% of the reason why. Frankie Vaughn is great in all his musical numbers with Marilyn and Montand did an amazing job in his first English role, shifting smoothly between scenes with a more serious tone and ridiculous comic scenes. And 'Lack of Chemistry' between Montand and Monroe? Not so. You can very much feel the connection between them but it's a deeper chemistry born out of a true appreciation of each other's artistry rather than the common surface chemistry. This deeper transcending connection of the real people acting the parts is there for all who can pay close attention veiled behind what the parts themselves call for which is 'lack of chemstry' between them and Montand's silly attempts to impress her and create a connection. We slowly watch the surface-movie-parts chemistry and the sexual tension develop while the movie gets most of its laughs from making Montand look ridiculous--at the same time the deeper underlying chemistry being always at work whenever they share the screen.
Monroe was in more or as many scenes here as in "Some Like It Hot" and "Seven Year Itch." Whether Monroe initially hated the part she was given to do by Fox under contract--or not, is a moot point since it does not show through one bit in the role. She rises above any misgivings to deliver maybe her best performance after "Bus Stop," her most fully realistic, reality based comic role, a further demonstration of the remarkable acting talent that was struggling to be recognized amidst all the sex-symbol hoopla. In all the non-musical scenes, she refuses to play the dumb blonde caricature and instead plays a real woman, close to what she was like in real life, one whose intelligence and wit shows through and all the comic nuances she adds are firmly rooted in and arise from that base and not some two-dimensional cliche. She's been through a lot by this point and has acquired quite a bit of 'soul' and taps into it regularly without over-playing that angle and overpowering the light comic tone of the film.
The writing has plenty of wit to spare for every scene and the directing is expert and very detailed. One of the best scenes in the movie doesn't even involve any of the principal leads and features a hilarious attempt by the nearly bankrupt theatre manager to bluff his way into a better bargaining position against Montand's secret representative who is ready to pay his debts for a share of the business. I also love how they absurdly stretch the ending out with Montand saying repeatedly that he's Clement and Monroe refusing to believe it even all the way up to his office and in front of his secretaries because she thinks that his obsessive dedication to acting the part of Clement has driven him so much into the character that he's stuck in it and can't escape! Just the fact that they even conceived of and wrote a scene like that and Cukor got Montand and Monroe to subtly act it to perfection makes this movie unique and special among the comedy/musicals.
The DVD transfer is excellent but there are no special features other than a couple of trailers.
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