Love Me Tonight
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Movie Reviews of Love Me Tonight
Movie Review: One of the bonus features is worth the price alone
Summary: 5 Stars
My first viewing of this film was a great disappointment. I expected another Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy film, with Chevalier substituting for Eddy. And I emphatically did not like the film. Then I viewed the film a second time, this time with the play-by-play voice-over analysis by Miles Kreuger, which comes as a extra bonus on this DVD. Suddenly I was seeing the film in a completely different light, and absolutely loving this film. This DVD is an absolute gem, and one of the best things about it is the intelligent and articulate insights provided by Miles Kreuger, not confined to this film alone but applying to the cinema world at large in the early 30s. It is as if a film critic from the 1930s had come back to life, as if he had actually been on the sets during the filming (because he's talked to those who were). Kreuger's commentary alone is worth the price of this DVD. After seeing this film for the first time, you must go back and see it again through Miles Kreuger's eyes.Movie Review: Like champagne
Summary: 5 Stars
Like champagne, the musical comedy "Love Me Tonight", is light, bubbly, and improves with age. It's hard to fathom that this delightful movie was made over 70 years ago because it looks and feels fresh and contemporary. Rouben Mamoulian directs with verve complemented by the vibrant black and white photography of Victor Milner. Master composer Richard Rodgers creates lovely, wistful melodies that stay with you. And the erudite lyricist Lorenz Hart infuses his sophisticated lyrics with wit, charm, and innuendo.
The two leads, Maurice Chevalier as the smitten tailor, and Jeanette MacDonald, as the royal object of Chevalier's affection, have seldom been more appealing.
Here's a toast to the delectable artists who cultivated the sparkling, effervescent classic "Love Me Tonight".
Movie Review: Love Me Tonight
Summary: 5 Stars
This charmer features sparkling dialogue and a breathtaking Rodgers & Hart score, including "Lover", "Mimi", and my own favorite, "Isn't it Romantic?" The romantic leads are terrific, and a colorful supporting cast including Charlie Ruggles, Myrna Loy, and C. Aubrey Smith, all keep the soufflé-light story from falling. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian in the style of Ernst Lubitsch, this is often referred to as the finest Lubitsch picture Lubtisch never made. In any event, one of the great early romantic musicals.Movie Review: Beautiful DVD of a unique masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Can't add much to what others have said. The classic Rodgers & Hart songs are great. The stars are great. The endlessly inventive stagings of the songs leave most other movie musicals looking stodgy indeed.A burst of creativity and genius that didn't just expand the ways music could be used on film -- it exploded them. LOVE ME TONIGHT is terrifically funny and entertaining, and even now, it seems ahead of its time.
Movie Review: Or maybe 10 Stars
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie which I taped each time it was on TV until I got the very best print I could. I watched it religiously 2 or 3 times a year. Always in awe. The music, the acting, the production are all breath-takingly spectacular. This movie is unforgettable, one of those films that one's own memory (to say nothing of musicals made for the next 25 years) quotes from incessantly. Fabulous to have it on DVD!