The Talk of the Town
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Movie Reviews of The Talk of the Town
Movie Review: Nobody can mix comedy & drama like George Stevens
Summary: 5 Stars
One part screwball comedy, one part political observation, one part satire, and one part out-and-out gripping drama. That's "The Talk Of The Town". An amazing comedy drama made during WWII with all of the best elements of the era. Beautifully written, brilliantly acted by Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur, Edgar Buchanan, , Glenda Farrell, Charles Dingle, and special mention to Rex Ingram playing perhaps the most non-stereotypical part an African American was ever given during the 1940's.
Any fan of comedy or social drama will love this perfect film.
Movie Review: A Lawless Man and Man Full Of Law
Summary: 5 Stars
A man who escapes from jail just before his sentencing for arson and homicide hides from his pursuers with a beautiful landlady played by Jean Arthur. She has another border, a famous lawyer who fails to see the human side of the law and the consequences for the accused. Discussion about fairness and how guilt is determined make up a considerable amount of the dialogue here but it is hardly worthless. A good movie with a little food for thought.Movie Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has become one of my favorite movies ever. It has everything I love in a movie. It's hilarious, exciting, thought provoking, and it has the most brilliant script. My favorite kind of movie is a romantic comedy with some excitement too, but it's hard to find clean ones like this one. It's the kind of movie that the whole family can sit down and watch and enjoy. Cary Grant, Ronald Coleman and Jean Arthur are superb in their roles.Movie Review: A great social-statement comedy....
Summary: 5 Stars
from an era when they used to make those types of movies. Very much in the mold of Capra, but way better because it really doesn't take itself altogether serious. (In fact, there were two endings...the ending is unimportant -- how you get there is!)Movie Review: Awkward, but charming, political comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
A manic, mile-a-minute screwball comedy starring Jean Arthur as a sassy, loveable every-gal who has to hide her ne'er-do-well boyfriend (Cary Grant) from the law after he escapes from jail to escape the death penalty (or lynching) for a crime he didn't commit. Seems he's some kind of free-thinker (anarchist, really) who asked too many questions about his capitalist boss, and wound up framed for the murder of his foreman, and the burning of the factory he worked in. As if THAT weren't complicated and far-fetched enough, add in Ronald Coleman, as a prospective Supreme Court judge who just HAPPENS to be the new tenant at Jean's villa, the week that Grant holes up in the attic. The comedy hinges on Arthur's Lucy-like attempts to hide the fugitive without Coleman catching on; the movie itself is meant to hinge on the Capra-esque, leftie-populist plot. Doesn't quite gel, but it is a weird and interesting time capsule, sort of a leftover from the 'Thirties, when socially-conscious films like this were more common (and less out of place; WWII really changed the face of Hollywood, and this seems like something that got left on the shelf a little too long.) Not Arthur's best performance, but Grant has some choice moments sparring intellectually with Coleman's idealistic barrister.