My God, Freddy's an idiot.
This is darn near perfect. And the ending works, but it's not the ending that either of the leads deserve. By the end, Eliza deserves to be her own person, not one of Henry Higgins' toys. It almost works in My Fair Lady where Rex Harrison is playing a flustered little boy used to getting his way, but Leslie Howard's version, while played brilliantly, lacks any innocence. The satisfying conclusion is to see Eliza break…
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Elaine May is brilliant. I know in the last moments that Matthau is not going to let her die, but part of me is really not sure because May has filmed him like a Hitchcock villain.
Qui-Gon Jinn cackling at every terrible joke out of Obi-Wan's mouth would have elevated Phantom Menace to Citizen Kane status.
They should have sold cereal at the concession stand to complete the Saturday morning experience.
Just so funny. And superbly animated with some sequences that stand on their own as works of art.
My favorite parts are all in the first 30 minutes, but the whole film is excellent.
See it on the big screen!
