David Levy

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I am almost always too generous with my ratings, so just shave a star off everything to translate my enthusiasm into actual taste.

Favorite films

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • Waiting for Guffman
  • Legally Blonde

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  • Little Miss Marker

    ★★★★½

  • Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

    ★★★½

  • Purple Rain

  • The Watcher in the Woods

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  • Little Miss Marker

    Little Miss Marker

    ★★★★½

    This movie is a little slow to start, but once it gets going it really goes — comedy, music, drama, it’s got it all. Not hard to see why Shirley Temple was an instant sensation, and Adolphe Menjou is the perfect foil for her.

  • Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

    Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

    ★★★½

    A suitable conclusion to the Belvedere trilogy. While not as sharply comedic as the previous films, this one has more heart. Its origins in a non-Belvedere play mean the character feels a little discontinuous with how he’s portrayed in the previous films, but Clifton Webb makes it work.

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  • Diana: The Musical

    Diana: The Musical

    I regret not seeing this in a room full of people because it cries out for communal experience.

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★

    I don’t know what to make of “Dancing Through Life” being the emotional high point of this film for me.

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