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Bright Young Things (DVD, 2004)
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Evelyn Waugh knew whereof he wrote; the usually competent, often wonderful, Stephen Fry begins this frothy film with an anachronism: "Sing, Sing, Sing," Benny Goodman's 1937 hit (written the previous year by Louis Prima) provides our '20s flappers something to which to flap. Quite frankly, this rendered me less receptive to the film than I otherwise might have been. It's not a terrible story; why not, after all, follow some privileged young irresponsibles through their jazz-age follies? There are a few clever lines (well they seemed clever at the time; none of them stuck long enough for me to quote them here) and everyone is reasonably attractive. The (other) problem is that everyone speaks in exactly the same voice: just above deadpan, with exactly the same affectations, more or less as if they were either trying to prove their boring lives were exciting or trying to prove their exciting lives were boring. Being unable to tell the characters apart other than by their clothes or by sufficiently recognizing the actors to distinguish them that way does not help one maintain overall interest. If this film steers anyone toward Waugh, it will have done a service. As entertainment, it falls woefully short.Read full review
This is one of my favorite movies. The price was great, packaging nice,.
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I loved everything about this charming film except the weak title, which shows little imagination. The original novel Vile Bodies by Waugh was his answer to the Fitzgerald jazz age. True to the times, this movie captures this free spirit with comic power. Nevertheless, fine acting, great pace, sharp script and great action grace this Horatio Alger tale of love, disillusion and delusion among the aristocracy of the United Kingdom during the roaring 20's . There are so many parallels to Fitzgerald's Jazz Age, it is astonishing. I will not give away the plot, it is too much fun. Wit and charm rule here.
everything worked
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To say its cute. It is gnostic fun for the 70s generation. Perhaps an optimistic outlook for the 2000 generation. We'll see. Dan Akroyd does not make this picture, however.
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