To read so many of these reviews gushing over this film makes me want to throw up. This was the WORST of the Thin Man movies and represents everything that is dated and totally stupid about these characters. I did enjoy two of the The Thin Man films, but this particular one was so annoying I couldn't finish it.
What is entertaining about shrill, hysterical, drunken people? We have that in there, in spades, in the first half hour alone which made me want to toss this VHS in the trash can. Shrill women and loud male drunks - wow, that's fun to watch and hear.
Smoking and drinking glamorized to the hilt which is my main complaint with these Thin Man movies. That problem is the worst in here of all of the films in the series. Much of the humor is so dated it just sounds stupid.
However, some lines by William Powell are still funny. One has to give him his due. He, more than Myrna Loy, is the star of this series. Asta, the pet dog, is fun to watch in parts but they go a little too long with some of his scenes.
The story also is boring mainly because it's so convoluted. So what's the appeal here? Nothing. I'm sure it was popular back in its day when the answer to every problem - as Nick and Nora seem to think - is another cigarette or another martini, but it's just dumb. How can this couple be smart enough to solve the most complicated case at the same time be plastered three-quarters of the time? It couldn't be done.
What is entertaining about shrill, hysterical, drunken people? We have that in there, in spades, in the first half hour alone which made me want to toss this VHS in the trash can. Shrill women and loud male drunks - wow, that's fun to watch and hear.
Smoking and drinking glamorized to the hilt which is my main complaint with these Thin Man movies. That problem is the worst in here of all of the films in the series. Much of the humor is so dated it just sounds stupid.
However, some lines by William Powell are still funny. One has to give him his due. He, more than Myrna Loy, is the star of this series. Asta, the pet dog, is fun to watch in parts but they go a little too long with some of his scenes.
The story also is boring mainly because it's so convoluted. So what's the appeal here? Nothing. I'm sure it was popular back in its day when the answer to every problem - as Nick and Nora seem to think - is another cigarette or another martini, but it's just dumb. How can this couple be smart enough to solve the most complicated case at the same time be plastered three-quarters of the time? It couldn't be done.