Paris When it Sizzles
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Movie Reviews of Paris When it Sizzles
Movie Review: Childish Entertainment
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is about a script writer and a secretary who comes to type out his ideas for him. The man has no idea what to write about so the secretary helps him with ideas and the two begin writing an insane love story about these two characters based on the two of them. The two begin to fall in love with each other.
This film is definitely out of new Hollywood although it was made on the cusp. It is purely entertainment and has nothing thought provoking in it at all. Many of the scenes are overacted, but they're not funny the way they were intended to be. Instead, they're obnoxious and childish.
The best part of the film is the ending which comes too late in the movie to salvage it. Tony Curtis plays a minor character who keeps being reminded he is such; his role in the ending provides much needed comic relief. In the last scene, the writer admits the script he wrote was trash, but that doesn't change the fact that one had to sit through the trash to get to that admittance. It doesn't redeem the film.
The film includes a great cast with stars like William Holden and Audrey Hepburn and cameos by Tony Curtis and Marlene Dietrich, but their presence is useless in such a worthless film.
Movie Review: Not Enough Sizzle
Summary: 2 Stars
I think the title of my review says it all. The movie was hard to watch and did not do Audrey justice. I'm a fan of hers but that was not enough to get me into this movie.Movie Review: Not Much Sizzle!
Summary: 2 Stars
The premise of this plot is not bad, but the execution is labored and sometimes too off the wall. With a great starring cast it is a big disappointment.Movie Review: UGH
Summary: 1 Stars
I was mislead by this movie's cover... I admit. I thought this was going to be a Parisian romance between and author and secretary. Boy, was I wrong.
This movie is PAINFUL to sit through, I'm not even kidding. I made the mistake of not reading reviews before I purchased it, thinking that Audrey would make up for it and it would be fine, if not her best. Well, this has to be her worst.
Holden is a disaster from beginning to end in this movie; it's clear how awkward and rampant things were on that set. Audrey is so uncomfortable, and with good reason, if you know the story between the two stars. Plus, she never DOES anything throughout the movie! Many have said the two have no chemistry, and this is absolutely true. It's just uncomfortable to watch them.
The story itself is ALL over the place, so silly it feels like your brain cells are melting, and so dated by 1960's shtick. Honestly, it's like watching a Daffy Duck cartoon that stars your favorite actors while subjected to torture. An over exaggeration, perhaps, but after you sit through this trainwreck waiting for it to get better (spoiler alert: it never does), you'll feel the same way.
Movie Review: Wake me when it gets to the "Sizzle" part
Summary: 1 Stars
This is another one of Audrey's stinkers. It starts off dumb and then gets silly. Apparently, it was supposed to be a sophisicated comedy with a lot of surprising cameos and witty dialog. It fails over and over.
Even worse, the male lead changes in mid-movie because Holden had to be committed to a dry out farm. Tony Curtis takes over until he reappears.
Everybody in this movie could have done better and you can too by not wasting your time with it.