Snow day movie #2!
But since we didn't get nearly as much snow as they'd said we would, I'm pretty sure this is the only day off we're going to get, so I have to get some major relaxation in today :) My condolences to all of you who did get hit as badly as they forecasted. The only reason I'm not abhorring the snow right now is because my neighbor with a snow plow did our walk and I got the day off. The first moment I have to drive in this junk, I'll be pissed off, too.
I love Audrey Hepburn and think Cary Grant is pretty great, too, so this movie has been on my radar (ever since The Truth About Charlie came out in 2002 or 3 or something and I heard it was terrible, but the movie it was based on was very popular in its day. And good. Charade is a movie by Stanley Donen, the director of Singin' in the Rain. A thoroughly enjoyable movie.
One of the things I most appreciated about the film was its script and its witty dialogue. There are some genuinely funny, and at times, quite raunchy, parts. Among the best was a scene where several people at a club are formed into two teams, and the object is to pass an apple or an orange down the line of team members without using their hands. The fruit starts nestled between the chin and neck. There's an awful lot of quasi-frottage going on in this scene. LOL.
There are identity issues abound throughout the film, but handled under Donen's skilled hand (as well as that of screenwriter Peter Stone, who also wrote one of my favorite crappy movies, Who's Killing All the Great Chefs of Europe? in addition to one of my all-time favorite feelgood films, Father Goose, also with Cary Grant, but Leslie Caron this time), the movie is a marvel. Shyamalan, take a hint.
Score: 8.5/10
I love this movie!
ReplyDeleteGood read. I think the one thing that bothered me was the age difference between Grant and Hepburn. She always got paired with men who were much older than she was, like in Sabrina.
But it's okay, they act cute together.