My Geisha
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Movie Reviews of My Geisha
Movie Review: An Under rated delight
Summary: 4 Stars
Watching this glorious DVD version of this film makes one realise what a little gem this film was and how sad that is has been over looked and never seen as one of the principal films in Shirely Maclaine's acting canon until now. Certainly some of the sexist elements of the storyline are dated by today's standards (a woman should never be more important professionally than her husband )but the storyline is fresh and original and Maclaine should definitely been nominated for an oscar for her extraordinary doiuble sided performance.
Like Julie Andrews in "Victor Victoria", you need to suspend disbelief a little, even with the Geisha makeup, one cant imagine how husband Yves Montand doesnt recognise her, but the performances and the charm of the idea and the lush cinematography an d the theatrics of the piece make up a delightful package. Interesting to note that the film was inspired somewhat by Maclaine's relationship with film producer Steve Parker who also produced the film and to whom she was married at the time of the making of it.
Movie Review: great classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I have enjoyed this movie over the years whenever I catch on TV, so I finally bought it. It's just one of those you like to pop in on a rainy day and curl up with your cat to watch. The story line is good, the actors are great. I love the transformation in Shirley MacLaine from headstrong actress to selfless Geisha. Movie is nicely done. Basic DVD, no extras, No documentation in the case, just a DVD. I miss the little pamphlets and pictures they used to put in them. Pop some popcorn and ENJOY the movie though!Movie Review: My Geisha
Summary: 4 Stars
A very entertaining movie showing the varied talent of Shirley MacLaine. Her ability to pose as a Japanese woman is amazing.Movie Review: Tokyo Razz
Summary: 2 Stars
With the possible exception of The Possession of Joel Delaney, easily MacLaine's most bizarre film. Here she's cast as a Hollywood slapstick queen who's so desperate to be taken as a serious actress that she secretly flies to the Orient and, unbeknownst to her film director husband (Yves Montand), poses as a geisha to land the lead in his movie production of Madame Butterfly.
Any resemblence to a remarkably similar I Love Lucy special of three years earlier (wherein Lucy and Ethel posed as geishas to fool their husbands while on vacation in Japan) is practically italicized. MacLaine's character has red hair, like Lucy Ball---and her character is even named "Lucy Dell." Need more convincing? Bob Cummings figures prominently in both the TV sitcom *and* this movie!
What might have proved amusing as the punchline to an outlandish '50's sitcom (husband doesn't immediately recognize wife under geisha drag, but when he does, turns tables on her--ha ha!) is weak tea stretched out to feature-length and played relatively straight. And despite being billed as a comedy (laughs are few and far between, even when intended), this is actually more of a soap opera, with MacLaine constantly fending off Cummings' advances while using her disguise to test her husband's fidelity. The jarring movie-within-a-movie climax (a sobbing MacLaine commits hari kari with a samurai sword--a buzz kill seen twice!) hardly adds to the fun; meanwhile, a dour Montand wanders through the proceeedings looking like he's just had a bout with a plate of bad sushi. Beautiful location cinematography just points up the artificiality of the rest of theproduction.
Ironically, just a year later, MacLaine would be much better served by the same trite disguised-lover plot (with Jack Lemmon as the masqueradee) in Billy Wilder's infinitely more entertaining Irma La Douce.
Movie Review: My Geisha
Summary: 1 Stars
I have not received my two copies of My Geisha yet please can you let me know what to do. I sent you an E-Mail yesterday but i'm not sure if it went through ok.
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Pauline Evans