Thoroughly Modern Millie [1967]

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Julie Andrews is at her peak of adorability in this enjoyable (and surprisingly sarcastic) spoof of the 1920s. It has every trick: occasional silent-movie intertitles, flapper lingo ("Oh, banana oil"), and a laughable plot about women being sold into white slavery by the scheming manageress (splendid Beatrice Lillie) of a Hotel for Ladies, aided by a cabal of wicked Chinese. (The stereotypes are bearable only if you remember this is a spoof of silent movie melodrama.) Even with able support from Mary Tyler Moore and James Fox, this is Julie's show; she plays to the camera with the collusion of director George Roy Hill, who's clearly smitten with her silly streak. The movie has an annoying tendency to spend time on musical numbers--a Jewish wedding, a vaudeville act--that don't serve the plot. A future Broadway musical would create a new score, except for the delightfully catchy title tune. --Robert Horton

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Customer reviews

review by: moviebuff05 date: 2008-10-15 rating:
awesome stuff!!
How can I not love this film? It's set in my favourite decade - the 20's. Simply because of that it gets my highest vote. Plus it has a funny Julie Andrews in and there is 1920's music and dancing. A perfect film for the family to watch on a saturday night. I absolutely love it. And I love the absurd and hilarious storyline as well!!!!

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review by: date: 2008-03-05 rating:
"Musicals Novice"
I had last seen this film as a young girl, and after watching an am dram production in winchester recentley decided to give it another go. I'm amazed at how "modern" and relevant this film is. Milie is smart and surprisingly clued up for a girl new to the city. White slavery is a weird concept for a musical but it works brilliantly and gives it an edge to go along with the fast paced plot line and toe tapping songs, A perfect film to buy your mum for mothers day and watch it together.

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review by: Tibley Bobley date: 2006-08-06 rating:
Millie: forerunner to the "ladette"
Millie moved to New York with a plan. She was going to interview a list of potential bosses, accept employment with the most promising specimen and marry him. Love was not meant to be an issue. Things didn't go entirely to plan however. Her chosen boss, Mr Graydon, called her John and found her jolly efficient but not attractive. The man who did find her attractive, Jimmy, appeared to be a hopeless waster with no interesting prospects. Still, Millie was pretty smitten with Jimmy. He was a great dancer and made every moment an adventure. So she was quite straight with him and told him of her plans, pointed out that she was his equal and intended to meet men on their own terms, learn to talk sports, tell jokes, smoke, drink and (if she really had to) even kiss them back. After all it wasn't the middle ages, it was 1922! Meanwhile, there was shady criminal activity taking place in the hotel for single young ladies where Millie was living. Those young ladies who seemed to be lonely orphans, kept mysteriously leaving the hotel without a word of explanation or farewell to any of their friends. The final disappearance, of Miss Dorothy, finally rang alarm bells so Millie, Jimmy and Mr Graydon (who had fallen in love with Miss Dorothy at first sight) became sleuths and launched a dramatic and heroic rescue operation. It's all a lot more complicated than that really - but you get the idea.

It's a fantastic film. Fabulous costumes, music, songs, dancing and acting. Good story: sweet, funny, touching. Likely to be watched again and again. Bound to cheer you up if ever you're feeling blue. I recommend it.

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review by: date: 2005-04-16 rating:
Thouroughly spiffing!
Omg i love this movie! Yes i am a biased Julie Andrews fan, but i have occasionaly forced some of my friends to watch this with me and theyve thourougly enjoyed it too. Julie Andrews is Millie Dilmount,in this romantic spoof, a 'hard' modern living in a hotel for young ladies, determined to find the perfect gentleman.She is smitten with her boss, the handsome Trevor Graydon until he finds love with her best friend the sweet Miss Dorothy. Millie has lost her heart to goofy paperclip salesman Jimmy, but is afraid he is having an affair with Miss Dorothy. The one day Dorothy disapears, and Trevor, Jimmy and Millie have to soleve the mystery that Mrs Meers, the eccentric housmother (I'll bet its juicyyyy) has been selling Orphaned girls into white slavery. Nutty Jazz baby Muzzy is one of the highlights of this movie, and plays an important part in it (although i cant tell you why without spoiling the ending!

Of course tyhe music is fabulous too, and Julie Andrews is ''Swell, Just swell'' even if you dont Like musicals this film is utterly enjoyable for everyone!


review by: date: 2004-10-12 rating:
I love this movie
I think this is great!!If you like a musical that makes you laugh out loud and some off the wall characters buy this.

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