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Breakfast for Two 1937
A lively screwball comedy that's charming but cries out for a stronger directorial hand... Lubitsch, McCarey, Sturges, or Capra would've given it that extra sparkle. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, and Glenda Farrell shine, with scene-stealing turns from Eric Blore and Donald Meek. The film kicks off with a well-trained Great Dane named Pee Wee keeping playboy Jonathan Blair's overnight guests from leaving the premises before breakfast. When heiress Valentine Ransome lands in his bedroom, Jonathan winds up outmaneuvered as she…
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The Ottoman Lieutenant 2017
The film is not only cheesy and poorly directed but also Turkish propaganda.
Form: The directing promotes unnnatural and weak performances. The actors all deliver their lines off-key and move awkwardly. The script is conventional in every way. Not a single surprise in the unfolding of the action; act 1, act 2, ...; typical melodrama scene, followed by another one. The only redeeming features are the cinematography and the art department.
Content: This movie is an effort to promote the…
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