Mahogany
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Movie Reviews of Mahogany
Movie Review: Diana Ross is Lovely
Summary: 4 Stars
I Like it at the end when Diana says: "Then Mister you got my vote." The end is the best and she looks beautiful with that white hat on, her face is beautiful. I don't like the swearing though.Movie Review: a great guilty pleasure
Summary: 3 Stars
try as i may, i cannot warm to diana ross' film debut as billie holiday in 'lady sings the blues'. her nervy, jittery energy leaves only when she sings the songs, which she does very well. and nothing except that music helps her find her way back to the 1930s and 1940s.
but her contemporary self finds a great home in her next film 'mahagony'. the first third of the film, the part that tony richardson was responsible for, is tight! it's a great set-up for a good hollywood-style romantic dramedy. ross' tracy is the consummate ambitious career girl and her swain brian is a fabulous foil for her in the body of the very sexy billy dee williams. it is easy to compare them to crawford and gable. the banter, his moustache and her wild and crazy clothes make the comparison that much easier.
not to mention, the first scenes featuring anthony perkins as sean, the photographer that discovers tracy and turns her in to a 1970s supermodel. had they let perkins stay gay, instead letting him go sexually frustrated and loony like he does, this film could have been another 'darling' and perkins could have maybe gotten away from his mold of playing maladjusted crazies.
many actors in the cast in smaller roles like nina foch, marisa mell and beah richards deserve so much more too because they give so much in the little bit of role they do have. but they're there and that's something.
sadly when the film reunites tracy with brian does it lose its heart and energy--save the restaurant scene. that's funny!
after this, ross gets arch and mannered, not to mention shrill. jean-pierre aumont is a sleepwalking disappointment as her italian(maybe)lover and benefactor. williams does a little sleepwalking too. and for that, it's hard to figure out why they're even brought back together. because black people needed a happy ending to a movie? i have a feeling our community would have seen this movie no matter what the ending.
because no matter how i may feel now with my highfalutin opining, i loved the film when it came out. i loved the clothes, the montages, ross' manic onscreen persona and the use of chicago as a backdrop. i know this is what turned my on to movies as much as sunday movie greats on channel nine in chicago. and man was i disappointed when 'theme from mahagony' lost the academy award. all of black america heaved a collective sob on that one. but in the name of love and justice, which song is a karoake classic now, keith carradine?
Movie Review: Middling star vehicle for the Detroit diva
Summary: 3 Stars
This Diana Ross extravaganza of a ghetto gal who evolves into a Rome-based mega-model is okay but nothing special. Perhaps the producers thought they could recapture the chemistry that Ross and Billy Dee Willams shared in "Lady Sings the Blues" which earned Ross an Oscar nomination for best actress. It didn't happen in this picture and Ross, a fashion designer wannabe, has more going for her than Williams, who is portrayed as an unsuccessful politician and comes off as a loser and a failure who can't make it on his own. Tony Perkins steals the film with a neat turn as an eccentric photographer at odds with his sexual identity. Old pros Nina Foch and Beah Richards are good in minor roles but the temperamental Ross is the focal point of the movie. The picture's theme song, "Do You Know Where You're Going To", was a blockbuster hit for Ross, and has several brief reprises during the movie.Movie Review: Good but not Great
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought that Diana's performance in this movie was good, it wasn't great. I would have love to seen the other characters in the movie reaction to her success. How did Diana's(Tracy's) character discover her love of fashion, why did the film not bring her success to America. None the less, the movie was good not great.Movie Review: Chinese Food
Summary: 3 Stars
That Kabuki Finale made me go to the fridge, grab the bottle of Soy Sauce and sprinkle the screen. Then I ordered Chinese Food and when the delivery guy came to the door with the wrong order I said 'NO!! NO!!! ( clap hands, snap fingers ) and don't give me any of that No CAPISH CRAP!!!!