Due artisti della truffa che incontrano le donne per i loro soldi, si scontrano in una località del Mediterraneo. Chi vincerà la scommessa? Il truffatore di alta classe o il truffatore rozzo... Leggi tuttoDue artisti della truffa che incontrano le donne per i loro soldi, si scontrano in una località del Mediterraneo. Chi vincerà la scommessa? Il truffatore di alta classe o il truffatore rozzo?Due artisti della truffa che incontrano le donne per i loro soldi, si scontrano in una località del Mediterraneo. Chi vincerà la scommessa? Il truffatore di alta classe o il truffatore rozzo?
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Freddy Benson: You ever take a women for 20 bucks?
Lawrence Jameson: No, I'm afraid that's a little out of my class.
Freddy Benson: No it isn't. Think big. You got possibilities. You're not a bad lookin' fella.
Lawrence Jameson: Oh, thank you.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Kick-Ass/Death at a Funeral/The Joneses (2010)
Found 'Bedtime Story' to be a very enjoyable film, lots of fun with the leads on top form. Don't be fooled by the film's pretty cutesy and child friendly-like title ('Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' even would have been a much more apt title) that makes you think that it is going to be another film entirely. It is a long way from cutesy and very much adult-oriented, much funnier and wittier than one might think looking at that title which does the film no favours, and quite a bit better than its mixed critical reception at the time suggests.
'Bedtime Story's' script is not perfect, it could have done with some tightening up here and there as not everything felt necessary here and as a consequence the script is not as lean as ought. Meaning that the film sometimes drags and can get on the repetitive side. While the slang was interesting, it is very of the time and dates the film a bit.
Was a little more mixed on Brando, leaning towards liked but had problems with his character. Brando has great charisma, great energy and some nice comic timing, extracting as much as he can out of the material and giving it juice, often amusingly oily. He does suffer from his character being too coarse and too much of a bully, so a near-irredeemable character that is difficult to get behind, and he can play the role too heavily and broadly at times. So a mostly fun if at times uneven performance in an unlikeable and quite odd role.
David Niven, coming onto the numerous good things, has a character tailor-made for him, a character with characteristics that he was no stranger to and he is typically lively, sophisticated and charming. He and Brando have dynamite conflicting chemistry together that really gives 'Bedtime Story' sparkle, his smoothness contrasting beautifully with the broader acting style of Brando. Shirley Jones' character is not near as interesting but she is radiant, has a natural charm and appeals. The script isn't perfect, but has a wonderfully biting wit frequently and the broadness that it has doesn't get too nasty in my view. The story is not probable and the pace isn't perfect, but is enlivened by some genuinely funny set pieces and the dynamite character interactions.
It wholly succeeds as lightweight fun and is generally crisp in pace. It is a lavish looking film, especially the colourful art direction beautifully photographed, love the attention to detail that some of the camera angles have. The music score is colourful and has a lot of personality and Ralph Levy's direction avoids being too wild, not always exciting but always expertly and never bland.
All in all, uneven but good fun. 7/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- 24 mag 2020
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Botteghino
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 6.540.000 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 39 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1