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Summary: Just another first!
Review: I have this movie on VHS and it's getting pretty worn out. This has got to be one of the best musical comedies ever made. Just take a look at the cast. You can't beat it. You have the most talented people in Hollywood in the movie and behind the scenes.I've seen the new Broadway production an it can't hold a candle to this 1967 film version. I'm a huge Broadway fan and have been in several productions myself but the Broadway version just doesn't have the same spirit as the film.I only hope that when the DVD does come out that they will keep it in it's Roadshow format. The VHS version i have has the Overture, Intermission and Exit Music but not the Entr'ce music to Act II. It's still a pretty good version and is also in 3 channel stereo.This movie is a classic, the acting is the best, the music score is terrific, costumes are beautiful. This will be a must to everyones collection. I just hope it is soon.
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Summary: Love this movie - Julie Andrews & Mary Tyler Moore!
Review: I love this movie. I've seen it many times and I recently purchased it. The music is wonderful and the story is really unique. There are some points when Julie Andrews actually "talks" to the audience which really made my kids laugh! The dancing in the elevator always gets me going... It's just a great movie. Buy it and enjoy!
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Summary: Terrif!
Review: I must say, when my mother rented this movie I was less than excited. Little did I realize that this movie was to become an all-time favorite of mine, as well as for the whole family. The music is terrif, and there are many, many laughs to be had. If you're a silly sort of person, who enjoys light-hearted comedy/music, this movie is the tops!
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Summary: The BEST musical ever
Review: I often can't stand musicals because I get the songs stuck in my head, but these songs are so fun it doesn't matter! Mary Tyler Moore is as always absolutely adorable and the rest of the cast is loveable, too. The twenties atmosphere is loads of fun and the spoofiness of oldtime movies is a kick. I cannot reccomend this movie enough!
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Summary: smashing
Review: i thought this movie was wonderfull!! great cast!! carol channing was brilliant!!
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Summary: Oh My, Oh My.....
Review: I was going to give this movie 1 star until I realized that I gave "Moulin Rouge" that ranking, and I can't possibly hate a movie as much as that one.You might think from my ratings of these two movie musicals that I don't like movie musicals. Not so. I like GOOD movie musicals, not stinky ones like this. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the powers that be sat around the table planning this one. Actually, on paper "Thoroughly Modern Millie" doesn't look half bad, so maybe it's the final screening I would have loved to have spied on. What were they thinking? If this movie had ended at intermission, it wouldn't have been so bad. As it is, this one is deadly, and it doesn't help that it comes in at a [mind]-numbing 2 1/2 hours. No one, but no one comes out the better for having been involved with this movie. Let's just start with Julie Andrews, since she is the star of the show. She's completely miscast, and about 15 years too old for the part. She does her best to make something of this mess, but too frequently simply gives up and resorts to playing her part like Maria from "The Sound of Music" (a movie musical I liked, by the way). James Fox, who plays her love interest, is almost unbearably mannered in his performance, with a full repertoire of facial contortions and nervous tics that will send you to the kitchen for countless refills of popcorn, long after the popcorn is gone. Mary Tyler Moore is simply dreadful in the most thankless role ever put to screen. I was shocked to learn that she was already starring in "The Mary Tyler Moore" show when this came out, but then I remembered that she had also been in the "Dick Van Dyke Show," so she has no excuse for being so rotten. Beatrice Lillie as the villianess might have been funny if she was given anything funny to do. Carol Channing is Carol Channing, weird and hyper. However, she alone of the cast seems to know what the hell she's doing, and any scene involving her ends up being a highlight of the film. I don't know why they decided to make this a musical. Musicals were gasping for breath by 1967 anyway; for every "My Fair Lady" or "The Sound of Music," there was a "Doctor Dolittle" and "Camelot." The music in "Millie" seems added on as an afterthought, since hardly any of the songs have anything to do with the plot, and director George Roy Hill couldn't direct a musical number if his life depended on it. Speaking of Hill, I'll save my last comments for him. He's all wrong for this film. I'm assuming the movie was intended to be a satirical send-up of 20's silent melodramas, since it comes complete with reaction shots aimed directly at the camera and title cards elaborating on characters' emotions. But if that's so, why does Hill set everything to such a plodding pace? The thing staggers along like a rabid dog before finally collapsing under the weight of its inanity. One wishes Atticus Finch would emerge from behind a tree and put this particular rabid dog (and the audience) out of its misery. You know what the most memorable thing about this movie is? The title song. You'll be singing it for days and days and days and days afterwards. Enjoy. Grade: D- (because only "Moulin Rouge" is entitled to a grade of F)
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Summary: Julie Andrews at her best
Review: I will always think that this film is one of Julie Andrews' best works. Great acting, great singing and a very hilarious score, what more could you want? Some funny un-politically correct bits in this but we have to remember that this is a spoof of a 20's musical. I think this is a must for any fan of musical comedies.
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Summary: MY 3 YR OLD IS A HUGE JULIE ANDREWS FAN...THIS ONE'S A HIT!!
Review: I would never have imagined a 3 yr old having a favorite actress. My little girl loves Julie Andrews and she knows a good movie when she sees one. She loves it, my 6 yr old loves it and my 7 yr old loves it...and you know what? I love it too!
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Summary: A 5 star Musical - really a must see!
Review: I'm giving this 5 stars when compared to other filmed musicals. Millie is very thoroughly modern in this wacky off beat musical that was an anathma: it was a film musical before it was a stage musical! The star of the show is supposed to be Julie Andrews, but truth be told, it gets stolen away from her by a very proper and well-to-do Mary Tyler Moore. Add to these two fine actresses, the inimitable Carol Channing (razz-berries!), and an evil Beatrice Lillie and you have a knee-slappingly funny musical. The plot is silly and the filming keeps up with it. Set in the 1920's, someone is kidnapping young "independent" women and selling them into white slavery. Julie Andrews and MTM are new women in town and looking for office work and husbands. They get caught up in this silly plot and attempt to foil the kidnappers. Occasionally, the film does the actresses thinking by use of "silent film" dialogue cards. The whole bit with Julie Andrews attempting to flatten out her bust (as was the fashion)is hilarious. You'll love the title song as well as the others, but my favorite bits are the tap dancing in the elevator and the squeaky wheel on Beatrice Lillie's laundry cart. Check this out for sure!
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Summary: Good Transfer, Bare Bones...
Review: I'm happy to finally see TMM on DVD, but was disappointed at the lack of extras. It would have been nice to include anecdotes from Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, et. al. Also, a 5.1 remix would have been preferable over the Dolby Digital (2 channel surround) one. Otherwise, no real complaints here; the remastering job is superb. Recommended.
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