A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, I was quite eager to check it out. It was also the very first movie I saw starring Mae West and, well, it turned out to be quite unforgettable, that's for sure. Still, to be honest, it's too bad the movie itself was rather clunky after all. Indeed, even though it was lasting only 1 hour, there were so many characters and so many sub-plots involved but, with such a short running time, there was no way that any of it could be fleshed out properly. To make it work, they should have either remove at least half of the characters or double the running time. Anyway, at least, there is no doubt that Mae West was fascinating to behold though. The funny thing was that she was not extraordinary gorgeous but she had such a charisma and her dialogues full of wits and innuendos were just awesome and such a contrast with what you would get only a few years later in your average Hollywood production. Indeed, that's another interesting with this movie, the fact that it was made just before they came up with some official moral rules and censorship, something that's still impacting movies today. As a result, sure, there was still no nudity and no sex at all but the character played by Mae West basically couldn't have a normal conversation with a man without turning him upside down with her words. In general, beside Mae West herself, the dialogues were the other asset in this movie but, unfortunately, the rest barely worked though. It was fun though to see Cary Grant when he was younger but he was rather wasted here playing the most boring character of the bunch. The fact that he did get the girl at the end after all was also really random and hardly convincing. Anyway, to conclude, it was still really awesome to discover Mae West and, only for her, the damned thing is definitely worth a look.

7/10