June 15, 2011

Trouble in Paradise

Data
Title: Trouble in Paradise
Year: 1932
Length: 83 minutes
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writer: Samson Raphaelson, adapted by Grover Jones from a play by Aladar Laszlo
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall
With: Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig
Cinematography: Victor Milner
Music: W. Franke Harling
I saw it: on video (rented from Greencine), yesterday
Synopsis: aristocratic thieves in a love triangle with their mark

My reaction
Concept:2/4 (Indifferent)
Story:3/4 (Good)
Characters:4/4 (Great)
Dialog:4/4 (Great)
Pacing:3/4 (Good)
Cinematography:3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design:3/4 (Good)
Acting:3/4 (Good)
Music:3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4 (Indifferent)). A fun movie. And presumably a very important movie, but I couldn't care less about that sort of thing. Too restrained for the comedy to get more than a few chuckles, and too lighthearted for the suspense and romantic drama to be effective. Marshall doesn't have enough charisma to bring anything special to his role. And any story set among the aristocracy isn't something that's going to hook my interest. I enjoyed it, though.
Objective Rating (Average):3/4 (Good)

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