Bachelor, The Movie Reviews

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Ginger plays Polly Parrish, temporary Christmas help at Merlin & Son's department store. Charles Coburn is J. B. Merlin and David Niven is his footloose son David. Ginger is given her pink slip along with the other Christmas help and upon leaving the store comes across an old woman leaving a small baby on the steps of an orphanage. Ginger of course picks the baby up as the door opens and from here on in everyone assumes it's hers!

When she leaves the baby there it is traced back to her former employer and Niven agrees to keep her on so she can keep her baby! Ginger gets tired of explaining how it's not her baby and since she is slowly but surely becoming the baby's mother anyway she gives in. A very funny Niven keeps stopping buy to "help" and he and Ginger have some truly nice moments together.

When Niven is stood up on New Year's Eve he stops by to get Ginger and once the clothes and fur coat arrive they are off to rub it in the face of the stuffy girl who stood him up. To Ginger's shock he introduces her as a Swedish girl who can't speak a word of english! It's hilarious as they make up a language that's anything but Swedish and Ginger is the toast of the party, dancing with everyone. The scene after the date, as Ginger talks to her baby about it will make you fall in love with her.

When a disgruntled employee tells Coburn that the baby is his son's, he is overjoyed to have a grandson! The attempts of Niven and Ginger to convince him otherwise turns to hilarity when they both produce the actual "father" of Ginger's baby, at the same time! The baby really is Ginger's by now and Niven of course realizes he loves both of them.

Ginger Rogers was a wonderful light comedic actress and along with "Lucky Partners" with Ronald Coleman, "Fifth Avenue Girl", and her Oscar winning "Kitty Foyle", this is one of her finest films. This is a great comedy you'll watch more than once. Ginger Rogers was the sweet American girl next door. She was never prettier than in this film and simply exudes a luminous charm in every scene. This might just be her finest performance.

This is a movie that will have you laughing or smiling all the way through. Anyone who ever questions the importance of Ginger Rogers in American cinema need only be reminded of this; in the tiny annex where Anne Frank spent so much time, where every inch of space was precious and guarded, was a torn out picture from a movie magazine, of Ginger Rogers...........

Ginger Rogers is a store clerk who happens to see a woman leaving a baby at the door of a church. She rushes forward to tell the woman not to do such a thing when suddenly the woman flees and the door opens. Ginger is assumed to be the mother of the baby and the priest insists that she keeps the child. And from there the story springs.

The Church, in their role of helping, interferes at the store to make sure Ginger keeps her job so that she can raise the child. This brings her to the attention of her boss. Fascination and romance follow.

Ginger is like a rider on a roller coaster. She can not get off or change things. She must hold on as best she can until the ride ends.

This movie is wonderful and delightful, but only really works if one accepts the innocent nature of films of the day. Ginger is accused of having a baby. Even the people she has worked with every day believe it. All this despite that fact that in the movie Ginger has a waist of about sixteen inches and there is no way she could have been pregnant without everyone seeing her condition. But that aside, it is a truly wonderful film.

The DVD transfer is excellent. The picture has been restored beautifully, and the sound, while originally recorded in Dolby 4, is clear and in the center - basically as good as it could be restored. There are no deleted scenes, but there are a few promotional shorts that are fun to watch, dated as they are. The original trailer gives you a good indication of how well the picture was restored for the DVD.

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As far as the two lead performances go, Jeremy Brett is in very bad shape here. He was unfortunately extremely ill in the last few years of his life as he was battling heart problems and manic depression. In this story, we can see the effects the damaging drugs he was prescribed were having on him...he is bloated, his movements are sluggish, and he has trouble getting through his lines without wheezing. It's a tribute to Brett that he was still able to continue as Holmes at this stage of his life, but it's hard to enjoy this story (and the follow up series, The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes) seeing this once vibrant actor at such a low ebb.

Edward Hardwicke is in good form as Watson here. Since his introduction in The Empty House from The Return Of Sherlock Holmes (also available from Amazon on a single DVD and in the series box set), Hardwicke proved himself to be the one dependable and consistent element of the Granada Holmes series right through to its end. Changes in production staff, budgets, and Brett's health problems all impacted sometimes negatively on the series...but Hardwicke could always be counted on to give a great performance. He was really the backbone of the Granada series throughout most of its run and he deserves a great deal more credit than he usually recieves.

I view this story more as an interesting curio than a serious addition to the screen adventures of Sherlock Holmes as produced by Granada. It's unfortunate that the series didn't end with The Master Blackmailer as everything that followed was mostly mediocre, and as tired and out of sorts as its star.

Veering away from a more conventional approach, Eligible Bachelor (EB) features a more artsy and filmic approach by Peter Hammond, and in improving the original short story by Doyle, Trevor Bowen managed to wring out an exceptional script that turns the light hearted tone of the original into a dark, almost gothic masterpiece.

Brett is at his best and considering his health problems at the time, his performance was just sensational. The production values were at its best and unlike the lackadaisal Last Vampyre, EB is gripping, and suspenseful till the end.

As a full-length film, it is perhaps the best of almost all Sherlock Holmes filmes out there, atmospheric and authentic, but with the additional of the best Holmes and Watson ever to grace a screen.

This may not the best place to start with Brett's Holmes, but it is certainly the pinnacle of an outstanding series that easily the better of 90 percent of all Hollywood films being released now.

A Masterpiece.

Basically a video crew crashes bachelor parties and captures the insanity that almost always happens at these things. What I enjoyed most was the camera direction. It was shot in true documentary style so it did not force the situation of nudity to come up like in many spring break videos. The camera just followed the action.

Not to give too much away I can say that all the exotic dancers were sexy. The shows they performed were inspired from the whip cream "encounter" to the body shot session. The video has a very generous supply of exteneded nudity and girl on girl footage (For guys that like that sort of thing *wink*). No worries about blinking at missing it. The ladies are nude for a large part of the video and continue to entertain.

This DVD is well worth the $$$$$$ with the added DVD features.

You got hot stripper honeys dropping their drawers and gettting ... naked. The video crashes four parties that have the heat boy. Every party is a girl on girl show that will make you yell .... You got blonde babes, Latin chicks, Redheads, and they all get naughty.

You got dudes going crazy eating off whip cream bikinis of dames. Taking body shots off the thong boy. This video is for grown folks that know how to lay it down at a party. Grab yourself one of these boy.

The story is utterly predictable and overly zany. It is comedy in its simplest and most unsophisticated form. Slapstick, if done well can be very funny, and this was done well. There were numerous belly laughs in this film from the many sight gags and absurd situations that develop. The romance between Jimmie and Anne was also charming.

The direction by Gary Sinyor was nothing special from a visual standpoint, but I felt he handled the setup of the sight gags well and did a good job of orchestrating the movement of the thousand or so brides in the chase scene (worthy of any Keystone Kops skit). The special effects on the Mustang scenes were pretty weak, though.

Chris O'Donnell was very good in his role as Jimmie. His comedic timing was effective and he succeeded in looking totally hapless in his various scenes with erstwhile girlfriends. I thought his chemistry with Zellweger was excellent and sincere, especially at the end.

Rene Zellweger was a good choice for this role. Though she is no goddess, she has a very natural, sweet and wholesome attractiveness; very real and vulnerable. She really made the romantic part of the story work single-handedly with her misty eyed looks and genuine longing for Jimmie.

I rated this film an 8/10. I enjoy this kind of silly romantic farce, but it is not for everyone. It requires an ability to laugh at absurd, pratfall humor. If you are in the mood for a good light date movie, this might be a good choice. But, if you don't like slapstick, you will probably want to steer clear.

This is a story about Jimmie (Chris O'Donnell), a commitment-shy young man who's faced with his biggest fear: marriage. In order to inherit a fortune left by his grandfather, he has to find a bride within 24 hours. He proposes marriage to all of his ex-girlfriends, which by the way, is one of the highlights of the film. There are cameo appearances by Mariah Carey and Brooke Shields. But he doesn't want to marry these women; he wants to marry the woman he loves (Renee Zellweger). She had dumped him because he had refused to commit. Jimmie tries to win her back at all cost.

This is a sweet and charming movie that you wouldn't want to miss. The chemistry between O'Donnell and Zelleweger is great. Despite its banality, the story is funny and quite touching. Rent "The Bachelor," curl up on your couch and enjoy!

Who wants to watch a Man who has millions.. flirt and makeout with everyone on the set. (hey it's DVD you can pause it and watch it over and over again) Yuk .. I think that if this is the DVD that is the must on your list .. maybe you should think twice Why you want it. I think that there are much better "MOVIES" or even "TV" shows that are more entertaining. I mean how many times will you honestly watch this. It is just the typical Fox folks' trying to make a buck. Keep the money in your pocket, and take your kids for a walk! :)