Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 12, 2005 | | Summary | Little Miss Marvelous | Content
 | This is a great, fun movie. Walter Matheau is always a treat to watch. I believe this is the 3rd remake of "little Miss Marker", the first with Adolf Menjou and Shirley Temple and the 2nd made in the early 60's with Tony Curtis (taking the little girl to Disneyland. This version from the early 80's is set in the depression era, with Tony Curtis as the villain. I recommend this movie for the whole family |
| Rating | | | Date | February 09, 2005 | | Summary | A delightful & hilarious gem! | Content
| This is such a feel-good comedy, one of Walter Matthau's best!
If you've seen the "Odd Couple", or for that matter any of Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon's comedy, then you'll love this.
The casting is spot on!
So glad it's finally out on DVD :-) |
| Rating | | | Date | January 04, 2005 | | Summary | Good movie let down by DVD | Content
| This is vintage Walter Matthau, playing his trademark sourpuss personality. Based on a story by Damon Runyon (the same author whose stories formed the basis for the classic Guys and Dolls), the film is populated by the usual Runyonesque cast of endearing, gold-hearted Depression-era lowlife characters. Matthau plays Sorrowful Jones, a bookie who takes the Kid (Sara Stimson) as a marker for a bet placed by her father, who promptly goes out and drowns himself. Despite his flinty exterior, Jones has a heart and spends the rest of the movie trying to cope with his new status as father-by-default to the adorable Kid. In this he is aided and abetted by his faithful sidekick, played admirably by Bob Newhart. Julie Andrews as the love interest adds a touch of class. The cast is rounded off by Tony Curtis, playing a less-than-menacing gangster who provides the third side of the love triangle.
The plot is carried entirely by Matthau, whose deadpan delivery of his lines is impeccable. The humour does not insult the viewer's intelligence. All in all, a film worth watching.
The only quibble I have is with the DVD, which is execrable. There are no special features at all - not even a menu for selection of scenes. What we have here is basically a VHS in DVD format. One expects more nowadays. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 05, 2004 | | Summary | great flick | Content
| I have watched this movie over and over. I just cannot get enough of "the kid's" performance. She is spectacular. Great family film! Matthau and Andrews as usual do well with the script. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 16, 2001 | | Summary | This movie is very cute! | Content
| I really enjoyed her character in this movie the little "kid" in the movie is adorable this was a cute little love story and it is worth it |
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