Thursday, 1 October 2009

new review at 100 Films

High Society (1956)
Despite being adapted from an acclaimed play and film, the plot feels like a relatively slight contrivance to link together a couple of songs and some farcical humour with a romance-based thread. That the right people end up together is no surprise — so little surprise, in fact, that the story doesn’t even bother with such trivial things as making the final entanglements come together believably.

Read the full review at 100 Films.

There are currently 14 films in the review pipeline at 100 Films. As ever, updates here as and when they're posted.

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