Lord Love a Duck
Again, I have seen this film before. I still like it for several reasons, but before I explain why, I would like to point out that I found the framing and editing quite careless, as if the visual director felt a little too off-hand about the whole thing. Perhaps he did, and perhaps he was justified. This movie can only aspire to cult classic status, and will never be considered a true success. Both Ruth Gordon and Tuesday Weld play highly sexualized characters, although in Ms. Gordon's case, the sexuality is mostly verbal. Ms. Weld, though, simpers and wiggles and otherwise lives it up. I remember specifically any scene involving cashmere sweaters. You would, too. Although it feels like too much while one watches, I think it may be necessary to her character. Barbara Ann is a vacuous nobody, who, if she had any depth, might be bitter. The actress does a marvelous job capturing that, though, and we truly wonder how Allen (Roddy McDowall) gets at all emotionally involved. Roddy ...