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Release Date: 04 June, 2002 Retail Price: $7.98 OUR Price: $7.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Life With Father Reviews
Hey Criterion! Where are you when we need you?
I agree with the other negative reviews on here. The film itself is a delightful 5-star classic, but the DVD by Madacy Entertainment is inexcusable. I paid just $4.00, but I still felt ripped off because I only watched 6 minutes and 44 seconds before I had to turn it off. It's unwatchable. The picture is grainy, the colors are washed out and the sound is a garbled mess.
Save your money until a proper release or if you still want a copy email me and I'll send you my copy via a catapult.
Great Movie Bad Print
Life with Father is a classic family comedy. This is based on the autobiographical play by Clarence Day. William Powell plays Clarence Day, sr. (Claire), the stern patriarch of the family. Irene Dunne plays Lavinia Day (Vinnie), the quintessential mother who keeps the family running. The Days have four sons.
This takes place in Manhattan during a kinder and gentler period (turn of the century) when men were gentlemen and women were ladies. There is no real storyline, it is just a slice of life. There are some running storylines including the fact the Father has not been baptized, the visiting of a maiden cousin Cora and a young girl (played by Elizabeth Taylor) and the fact that Mother has no concept of money.
This is a beautiful movie about a bygone period that many would like to see return. The acting is universally excellent. In a change of pace from his trademark screwball comedy, Powell is brilliant as the straight man. Irene Dunne is her usual charming self. Zasu Pitts is uncharacteristically subdued as cousin Cora. Elizabeth Taylor has one her few smaller roles that ushers her from child star to ingénue and the glimmer of what to come shows through.
The only complaint is the color. If it did not say that it was shot in Technicolor, you would assume that it was colorized. Everyone's skin tone is the same and most of the backgrounds are grey. I feel that the negative has deteriorated over the years and the film has not gone through restoration. I pulled out my old video of the film and the color is not much better.
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