Design for Living (1933)
Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell... (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Ernst Lubitsch
Written By: Noël Coward, Ben Hecht
Starring: Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Franklin Pangborn, Edward Everett Horton, Miriam Hopkins, Isabel Jewell, Lionel Belmore, Adrienne D'Ambricourt
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Design for Living belongs to 28 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 154 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 38 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (public: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
6. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (public: moderated by epiphany - 19 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (public: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
10. Adapted from a play/based on a play (public: moderated by djross - 13 stars)
11. Pre-Code (public: moderated by edsu - 8 stars)
12. Best of criticker: Comedy (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
13. 100 Noteworthy Films of the Romantic Comedy Genre and Beyond (public - 5 stars)
14. Best of Classic Old Hollywood (pre-70s) (public: moderated by 90sCoffee - 5 stars)
15. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
16. Best of criticker: Romance (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 4 stars)
17. Filmsite.org - Sex in the Movies, An Illustrated History (public: moderated by afx237vi - 3 stars)
18. Polyamory (public: moderated by nairboon - 3 stars)
19. Love triangle (public: moderated by Moribunny - 2 stars)
20. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2020 revision) (private: djross - 9 stars)
21. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
22. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (private: PepeCamello - 2 stars)
23. movies of the year - Brian (private: JooJoo - 1 star)
24. Ununnilium Top 100 (private: Ununnilium)
25. Cinetheque (private: allegreller)
26. Rom-Kom Cevherleri (private: Giskard)
27. Jodie's Feature Film of the Year (private: jgreenwood)
28. Blu-Rays (private: katatonic)
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| Mar 01 | rojatume | 72 38% |
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| Feb 24 |  |
themoviepl | 85 24% |
| Feb 07 | saeidazd | 82 44% |
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| Feb 06 |  |
jalanb | 80 77% |
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It's Noel Coward: you know the rest of the movie is there to support repartee. When these actors start drinking, tell anyone else in the room with you to "Shush! I want to hear this bit." From a time in movies when guys in Tuxes in slums were just calling in on old friends. From when Gary Cooper was still 2nd credit to Frederic March! Pfft! Gary out-acted him, and landed the only decent punch. Now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQQnENbnWo&t=54m50s
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| Feb 01 | Tars3 | 70 47% |
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| Jan 26 |  |
cairosmith | 29 19% |
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Great concept and some fun chemistry, but it's sunk by wooden blocking/acting and a script that fails to push the boundaries like it should.
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| Jan 26 |  |
nforvendetta | 77 85% |
| Jan 24 | Shotane | 80 77% |
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| Jan 23 |  |
JonnyTwotabs | 83 44% |
| Jan 22 |  |
Cerebrus | 70 61% |
| Jan 05 |  |
eb_mohsen_ | 80 44% |
| Jan 03 | Cheezy Dub | 80 81% |
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| Jan 03 |  |
Ununnilium | 89 90% |
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At one point, one of the characters declares that they're "playing a joke on nature", but the story shows that love that goes beyond our society's monogamy-centric conception of relationships is absolutely natural, and that trying to squish it down or cut it up to fit it into those socially accepted boxes is damaging, pointless, and leaves nobody happy. Plus, let's face it, the boys totally made some discoveries after they got drunk that made the whole situation a lot easier.
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| Nov 03, 2020 | Edueccì | 70 68% |
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| Nov 02, 2020 |  |
MadMan | 94 81% |
| Nov 01, 2020 |  |
TheShiznit | 68 91% |
| Oct 28, 2020 | flipperrbm | 6 74% |
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| Oct 27, 2020 | lalangue | 80 68% |
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| Sep 03, 2020 |  |
ehk2 | 73 90% |
| Jul 21, 2020 | UgDemirelce | 92 95% |
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| Jun 30, 2020 | hertzfeldts | 77 84% |
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| Jun 13, 2020 | D Lightman | 60 41% |
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| May 05, 2020 | robochaa | 40 7% |
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| Apr 22, 2020 |  |
CCLZA | 85 88% |
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Threesomes and sex in the 30s!
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| Apr 13, 2020 |  |
micmac | 68 62% |
| Apr 01, 2020 | spearmint | 1 0% |
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| Mar 15, 2020 | amir.ka | 70 43% |
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| Feb 29, 2020 | Philosofem | 72 52% |
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| Feb 26, 2020 |  |
Hyperion+ | 6 93% |
| Jan 17, 2020 |  |
pierrotmance | 60 20% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | gossamer2019 | 64 54% |
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| Dec 31, 2019 |  |
katatonic | 85 60% |
| Dec 13, 2019 | CineLounge | 70 65% |
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| Nov 13, 2019 |  |
oskarhu | 83 86% |
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Nice poster, too.
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| Oct 04, 2019 |  |
Florin92 | 60 41% |
| Sep 19, 2019 | doyler29 | 80 65% |
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Ernst Lubitsch directs a Ben Hecht adaptation of a Noel Coward play ... could you ask for much better than that? Truthfully speaking, it's not among Lubitsch's very best, but it's delightful and a wonderful example of what pre-code films can offer ... a ferociously adult comedy that manages to be very charming and sophisticated and not really smutty in any sense.
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| Sep 13, 2019 |  |
EbelC | 80 90% |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Mathijsvdm | 70 29% |
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| Aug 12, 2019 | account2 | 46 25% |
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bal3x | 70 71% |
| Jul 08, 2019 | Grandaddy | 70 61% |
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| Jun 03, 2019 | maddriver52 | 54 12% |
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| Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 70 34% |
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| Apr 18, 2019 | Gossamer | 2 60% |
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coutinho | 85 84% |
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vildanden | 70 72% |
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Brewster | 80 90% |
| Feb 13, 2019 |  |
daffodil907 | 76 79% |
| Feb 07, 2019 |  |
tsumanne | 79 81% |
| Jan 24, 2019 |  |
Aras | 80 72% |
| Jan 21, 2019 |  |
Flekk710 | 83 91% |
| Jan 19, 2019 |  |
jokevv | 70 75% |
| Dec 23, 2018 | knives | 82 85% |
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| Dec 05, 2018 | mathiasa | 80 90% |
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| Nov 22, 2018 |  |
hotsake | 50 34% |
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The movie starts off being lots of fun and quite funny with loads of verbal wit. However my enjoyment soon went down as I found the Gilda character to be a completely selfish piece of shit that did whatever she wanted to whoever she wanted and she didn't give a crap who she hurt as long as she was having a good time. For the life of me I could figure out why and of the three male characters even liked her. The resolution of the film pissed me off and knocked my rating down quite a bit.
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| Oct 24, 2018 | bore | 80 47% |
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| Oct 04, 2018 | waffenschmid | 70 55% |
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| Aug 31, 2018 |  |
E.C.R. | 77 91% |
| Aug 23, 2018 |  |
SnorlaxJones | 74 74% |
| Aug 05, 2018 | dracular | 35 23% |
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| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
CMQuinn | 80 71% |
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FreddieQuell | 76 67% |
| Jun 02, 2018 | allneonslike | 83 93% |
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| May 15, 2018 | AchwellFoley | 70 76% |
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| May 10, 2018 | bholsclaw | 75 78% |
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| May 08, 2018 | brennanc | 14 59% |
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| Apr 26, 2018 | fictionfitz | 77 72% |
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ssavage | 80 84% |
| Apr 13, 2018 | benrad | 100 95% |
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Meowfresh | 8 71% |
| Mar 21, 2018 |  |
apsays | 71 70% |
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scott.mcc | 80 86% |
| Feb 17, 2018 | coldesser | 70 43% |
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| Feb 15, 2018 | DrWade42 | 80 69% |
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| Feb 08, 2018 | mcakmak | 82 62% |
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| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 78 88% |
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| Dec 20, 2017 | Systematicer | 60 45% |
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| Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 60 49% |
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| Nov 02, 2017 |  |
andr | 93 97% |
| Oct 21, 2017 | falsebinary | 79 55% |
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Magmadiver | 87 77% |
| Sep 11, 2017 | izwt936g | 99 97% |
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| Sep 11, 2017 |  |
Aira | 75 50% |
| Aug 24, 2017 | cayh | 80 72% |
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| Aug 02, 2017 | whataboutit | 81 58% |
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| Jul 03, 2017 |  |
Timon88 | 86 91% |
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A romantic comedy with real intelligence and wit. It's easy to forget they even exist since, to my knowledge, one hasn't been made in America in at least 40 years. Frederic March is especially good.
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| May 01, 2017 | johnps30 | 97 91% |
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| Apr 21, 2017 | HakkaMex | 6 51% |
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| Apr 01, 2017 |  |
90sCoffee | 73 46% |
| Mar 15, 2017 |  |
Maaxwell | 75 70% |
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Design for Living is adroitly made but arguably lacks a certain vigour that the best screwball comedies of the era tend to abound with. It's light and frequently amusing though, with some satisfyingly risqué humour in Hecht and Coward's script and a story that stays fresh until the very end. March is the better of the two leading men, but Miriam Hopkins outdoes them both.
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| Mar 11, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 74 91% |
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annie | 83 93% |
| Feb 28, 2017 | smellyjoe | 80 59% |
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| Jan 12, 2017 | Buff | 50 75% |
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| Dec 25, 2016 | Bobbles | 74 60% |
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| Dec 23, 2016 | CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com) | 50 30% |
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meliorism | 70 50% |
| Nov 22, 2016 | rdmw12 | 90 86% |
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| Nov 18, 2016 | Ronin22 | 73 92% |
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| Oct 19, 2016 | jerrywarton | 78 90% |
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| Sep 20, 2016 | mixjuice | 83 79% |
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GrimsChild | 35 25% |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Caracortada | 50 38% |
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| Jul 04, 2016 | Col_Needham | 80 78% |
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damfino | 68 60% |
| Jun 26, 2016 | minimo780 | 90 92% |
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| Jun 07, 2016 |  |
letterboxdvo | 38 79% |
| May 30, 2016 |  |
cinegeek.de | 94 98% |
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(...)Ganz nebenbei setzt er dabei die Grundregel der romantischen Hollywood-Komödie ausser Kraft: Die der Monogamie. Normalerweise werden Treue und Vertrauen der Liebenden erprobt, um anschliessend eine Familie zu gründen. Wohl bemerkt: Lubitschs Zweifel an diesen Werten wirken dabei nie verletzend!(...) (Dazu gibts unsere Film List "Hollywoods wilde Jahre bis 1934" auf cinegeek.de
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| May 20, 2016 |  |
Hakan Güner | 88 80% |
| May 20, 2016 |  |
Merc | 60 19% |
| May 11, 2016 |  |
Darren | 89 88% |
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So charming, witty and smart.
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| Apr 30, 2016 |  |
Pugs4Less | 78 28% |
| Apr 27, 2016 | dean_ | 8 56% |
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| Apr 24, 2016 |  |
Ringshifter | 80 80% |
| Apr 18, 2016 | cattymills | 80 74% |
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| Apr 08, 2016 | Tae | 75 41% |
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| Apr 07, 2016 | edgardavids | 92 50% |
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| Mar 06, 2016 |  |
Parallax | 80 56% |
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It's a joy to see an unusual romantic arrangement that works out in the end, especially for one made in 1930's Hollywood.
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| Feb 23, 2016 |  |
FrancoGonzo | 16 86% |
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Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
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| Feb 10, 2016 |  |
trippingly | 80 52% |
| Feb 05, 2016 | Truffaut16 | 72 56% |
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| Feb 01, 2016 |  |
Jungle_Julia | 60 41% |
| Jan 25, 2016 |  |
xinet | 73 70% |
| Jan 09, 2016 |  |
TrixRabbi | 83 81% |
| Jan 01, 2016 |  |
aday76 | 83 31% |
| Dec 31, 2015 |  |
MUBIvotes | 40 86% |
| Dec 15, 2015 |  |
robot2xl | 73 48% |
| Nov 27, 2015 | coroner | 100 97% |
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| Nov 23, 2015 |  |
auhasarderik | 6 40% |
| Nov 22, 2015 | LordCouture | 82 89% |
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| Nov 18, 2015 |  |
r/TrueFilm | 100 92% |
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rafaelbastos | 85 59% |
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maborosi | 60 45% |
| Oct 24, 2015 |  |
pmcinern | 80 67% |
| Sep 23, 2015 | henrybr | 81 88% |
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| Aug 22, 2015 | moodeuce | 70 44% |
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| Aug 12, 2015 |  |
Nathan S | 2 21% |
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It takes a bite out of gender roles, chews up and spits out sexual morality, but its fangs just aren't as sharp as I expect from Lubitsch. Uncharacteristically quiet and tepid.
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| Aug 10, 2015 |  |
clowngirl | 73 63% |
| Aug 02, 2015 | GRouleau | 82 86% |
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| Jul 22, 2015 | Sane | 73 63% |
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| Jul 15, 2015 | thirdeye42 | 87 95% |
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| Jun 15, 2015 | feelshiny | 85 36% |
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| May 19, 2015 | zetes | 90 82% |
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| May 19, 2015 | dglink | 70 32% |
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| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 90 82% |
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| Apr 21, 2015 | Malcym | 9 96% |
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| Apr 16, 2015 | cardsos01 | 60 69% |
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bernardobrum | 90 85% |
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1859 | 60 67% |
| Mar 02, 2015 | 10kfilms | 90 86% |
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katyaninyazi | 82 67% |
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jef costello | 83 79% |
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jodamico | 77 63% |
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orchidman | 59 7% |
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norval_jones | 83 81% |
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paulin | 73 28% |
| Nov 09, 2014 | Rrulg | 3 63% |
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SickForay | 80 78% |
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karamazov. | 78 95% |
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:)
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| Aug 09, 2014 |  |
fenixdown | 76 57% |
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Now that's just silly.
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| Aug 03, 2014 |  |
jackinthebox | 90 93% |
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Fuentissimo | 64 82% |
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Andrew13 | 94 87% |
| Jun 25, 2014 | panchovilla | 65 37% |
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laika | 87 91% |
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Dorkovsky | 5 65% |
| May 01, 2014 | hlime | 75 33% |
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allegreller | 97 97% |
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javadmi | 77 69% |
| Feb 13, 2014 | robixsmash | 50 24% |
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| Feb 05, 2014 | afirm | 83 79% |
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| Jan 09, 2014 | filmcricket | 83 93% |
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johnnyutah | 96 59% |
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Sockman | 46 28% |
| Dec 07, 2013 | Ella May | 75 69% |
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Hans_Lucas | 84 72% |
| Dec 05, 2013 | jos21 | 70 78% |
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| Dec 01, 2013 |  |
joachimt | 70 66% |
| Nov 18, 2013 |  |
JakeAesthete | 99 99% |
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Wow, top ten worthy...
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| Nov 05, 2013 |  |
djross | 65 69% |
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Sporadically amusing and suffers from some weak comedic acting (especially from Cooper) but the dual assault on sexual morality and marketing is hard to resist.
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| Nov 05, 2013 |  |
jgreenwood | 70 62% |
| Oct 02, 2013 | lynchian | 74 68% |
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| Sep 26, 2013 |  |
frbrown | 55 5% |
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Aron Ericson | 80 89% |
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iconogassed | 100 98% |
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elmakebabi | 83 92% |
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hulot | 80 80% |
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watched: 2013, 2016
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| Jul 28, 2013 | sollochs | 100 94% |
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| Jun 27, 2013 | mallamp | 90 90% |
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Robart | 100 96% |
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Antares | 84 89% |
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A bit stagey, but overall, a very fun film that pre-dates Jules and Jim in the love triangle setup.
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| May 23, 2013 |  |
fakesenator | 80 67% |
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Oliveira | 60 29% |
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lepidoptera | 100 97% |
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prowler | 78 79% |
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Oh mannn.. so this is the kind of movie we missed because of the Code. Uproariously fun stuff.
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| Apr 09, 2013 | RandallODim | 77 41% |
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| Apr 08, 2013 |  |
susie-mauve | 85 65% |
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Oh boy, this is charmingly daring and bubbly! Miriam Hopkins is a real whirl-causing kitten, whilst Cooper & March genuinely loveable as steamed-up hound dogs. Nothing to pretentious in it all, but it's so well dosed that you'll be laughing out loud near the end.
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| Mar 08, 2013 |  |
Dogubomb | 50 61% |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Bryan C. | 100 97% |
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chadisdanger | 80 58% |
| Feb 13, 2013 | PUNQ | 60 90% |
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While "Design for Living" feature loads of excellent examples of the Lubitsch touch, like the measuring of beds in public display, it lacks the Lubitsch flow. And for something as immoral a subject, even for pre-code times, a 3-way relationship can be looked upon, I didn't feel Lubitsch banged the morality hard enough to pinpoint his touches. So in many ways a vague Lubitsch comedy. It's still a high quality Lubitsch film that's got many smiling moments and naughty bits.
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| Feb 10, 2013 |  |
leokitty | 80 61% |
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Very much a filmed stage play and also very much pre-code. Frederic March and Gary Cooper are no match for Miriam Hopkins though they try their best. Wonderfully funny.
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| Jan 31, 2013 |  |
sergebarber | 70 71% |
| Jan 26, 2013 |  |
wetwillies | 85 57% |
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A typically excellent Ernst Lubitsch comedy, this one about a menage a trois with the sexy Miriam Hopkins in the center of it all. She's fantastic in it. I enjoyed the entire film, but completely lost it at the end, when Cooper and March hide behind that changing thing rich people had back in the day.
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| Jan 22, 2013 | juanjo () | 70 58% |
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| Jan 18, 2013 | vlqwo | 54 37% |
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| Jan 16, 2013 | garypinappel | 72 45% |
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| Jan 08, 2013 | jrpaulson | 70 45% |
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| Dec 20, 2012 |  |
cinema_hell | 73 40% |
| Dec 19, 2012 |  |
themadelf66 | 72 45% |
| Dec 10, 2012 | dsjoerdsma | 75 67% |
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| Dec 04, 2012 |  |
peekingpanda | 40 38% |
| Dec 01, 2012 |  |
Amadeus | 73 71% |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Ronin21 | 74 48% |
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| Nov 13, 2012 |  |
fmorethanone | 58 54% |
| Oct 28, 2012 | Vmfs | 9 85% |
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| Oct 18, 2012 |  |
parmesan | 82 79% |
| Oct 12, 2012 | filmcave | 90 94% |
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| Oct 09, 2012 | bones_r | 90 94% |
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| Sep 18, 2012 |  |
arirang | 91 84% |
| Sep 07, 2012 |  |
edsu | 10 97% |
| Aug 27, 2012 |  |
Rozmarin | 70 42% |
| Aug 24, 2012 |  |
Syntheseizur | 82 70% |
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Lubitsch is a bit of a mixed bag for me, but I enjoy this one. The dynamic between the three leads is amusing enough to carry the movie, and the story in general proves interesting. The comedy is sorely hit-or-miss, but, as with all Lubitsch, there's an irresistible, charming energy.
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| Jul 08, 2012 |  |
pristina | 92 89% |
| Jun 30, 2012 |  |
Jehan | 90 82% |
| Jun 20, 2012 | izukaitz | 90 70% |
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| Jun 16, 2012 |  |
gwynplaine | 85 70% |
| Jun 13, 2012 |  |
keskin | 83 91% |
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Mochard | 60 45% |
| Jun 01, 2012 |  |
ComradeSolar | 95 99% |
| May 31, 2012 | debaser1985 | 78 87% |
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| May 30, 2012 |  |
dequinix | 60 46% |
| May 26, 2012 |  |
Veterini | 67 29% |
| May 25, 2012 |  |
Mr. Mxyzptlk | 100 0% |
| May 25, 2012 | katsuben | 3 34% |
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| May 18, 2012 | jonnykungfu | 80 76% |
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| May 14, 2012 |  |
rant1229 | 47 87% |
| Apr 24, 2012 |  |
Piglet | 78 87% |
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Pre-code ftw!
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| Apr 07, 2012 |  |
Gordon Cole | 75 60% |
| Mar 30, 2012 | ColonelTigh | 94 73% |
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