Mame
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Movie Reviews of Mame
Movie Review: Mame-a-lishous
Summary: 5 Stars
Thanks very much, watched "Mame" the other night, brought back great memories. So camp, love it. Andrew.xxMovie Review: It's grrrrreat!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie and I was thrilled to get it. It was in perfect condition and arrived before the estimated delivery date! Thanks!Movie Review: Misses the mark in a very large way...
Summary: 1 Stars
Lucille Ball made a career out of playing talentless housewife Lucy to the talented Ricky Ricardo on `I Love Lucy'; a television series that seriously is one of the best of all time. Making her character lovable and impressionable took a great deal of talent. `I Love Lucy' proved that Lucille Ball was a spitfire, a comedic genius and it catapulted her into the hall of fame as one of the greatest of all television icons.
Until last night I had never seen Lucille in a film.
Sadly, my first experience with Lucy on the big screen was her last effort, `Mame', a film that is hit or miss all over the place with sadly more misses than any serious hits. Lucille Ball is a comedic hit, but a musical was not the right route for her to take. Now, I have not seen the Broadway play from which this spawns, but I can only imagine that the lead actress was required to sing, and sing well. Lucy cannot sing well.
`Mame' tells the story of young Patrick Dennis who goes to live with his eccentric Aunt after his father dies. Mame is not really a responsible parent, but she loves Patrick and her unconditional love outweighs her lack of parenting skills.
The film is somewhat clich?d, and it feels very tired in many parts. The musical numbers feel unrehearsed and out of tune and just all over the place. Not only is Ball a terrible singer, but so is Kirby Furlong, who plays young Dennis. In fact, the only saving grace here is Beatrice Arthur who delivers brilliantly as Vera Charles, Mame's boozy best friend. She's not only funny, but she can sing and dance and perform her hide off.
As a comedian, Ball sells her scenes. It's sad that she allowed herself to take this role knowing that she was not right for it, for the film just accentuates the areas in which Ball lacked talent instead of embellishing the areas in which she shined. I can't recommend the film for it feels incomplete, choppy and unnecessary. Aside from Arthur there is nothing noteworthy about the film (aside from a few funny, non-musical related scenes).
Movie Review: Mame
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought the movie lived up to my expectation's, and was good to see
these and other movie's coming out on dvd. However i am dissapointed
that the studio's that put these classic's out do not make the effort to
remaster the audio, when older movie's have been remasterd in 5.1 surround.
Movie Review: mame
Summary: 5 Stars
this has always been one of my favourite musicals. i wanted to purchase it on dvd for sometime but has only recently been released, or that it is only available in the usa and not in the uk.it is always a delight to watch the film and hope a stage version comes along also.