Party Girl
1958
Drama
1h 39m
Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realised that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gayle. (imdb)
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Party Girl
1958
Drama
1h 39m
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Rated 17 Apr 2011
67
30th
Not a bad film by any definition, but a disappointment coming from Nicholas Ray. While it has some great moments, it never finds its groove. The romance is believable, but uninspiring. The gangster elements are done well, but a little too familiar. The color photography is eye-popping, but interferes with the noir mood. There's a pair of impressive dance numbers, but they definitely feel tacked on. In other words, the movie doesn't really get anything WRONG, but it failed to grab hold of me.
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Rated 05 Nov 2011
77
51st
The technicolor undermines the seediness and occasional bleakness turning a lot of it into a standard romantic drama where the tension seems more a plot device than an overwhelming presence. What works is due in large part to Taylor who delivers some magnificent scenes, and Cobb. Things turn up a notch in the second half and particularly the final 10 minutes when things finally come together. Ending aside, it didn't wow me much, and Charisse feels like dead weight, but it's still entertaining.
Rated 05 Nov 2011
Rated 21 Nov 2016
70
19th
Viewed November 17, 2016. A frustratingly shapeless candy-colored gangster movie that doesn't always feel subversive enough, yet still allows Nicholas Ray to stretch a lot of his best visual muscles. There are two dance numbers shoved in there, and they're so perfectly orchestrated that you can't help but wish Ray had dove headfirst into a full-on noir musical, rather than the relative smattering we get here.
Rated 21 Nov 2016
Rated 10 Sep 2015
5
81st
Not even close to Ray at his best, but it still looks gorgeous.
Rated 10 Sep 2015
Rated 27 Jan 2013
75
27th
Ray seeks for the damaged little children beneath these jaded lovers, and Taylor and Charisse reveal them to us in surprisingly vulnerable performances. But Ray doesn't seem all that interested in the gangster story they inhabit, and that's a big problem. (Lee J. Cobb, as the mafia don, overacts as usual.) The technicolor is lush and Charisse has never looked more lovely or more voluptuous.
Rated 27 Jan 2013
Rated 07 Feb 2012
70
69th
A fairly straightforward romantic melodrama about two individuals who find love, despite each being trapped by their own dubious professions. Plot-wise, it goes how you'd expect it to go, but the colour photography is bold and vibrant and the pacing is brisk and economical. Cobb is delightfully sinister as the mob boss, but all the other actors put in strong performances too.
Rated 07 Feb 2012
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