Big Brown Eyes

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steve d Not one of Grant's best but it is still Grant. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member another early example of a working girl with a career-newspaper reporter here. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Danny (Cary Grant) is a detective who is currently investigating a jewelry theft. His girlfriend, Eve (Joan Bennett), is a sassy women who works as a manicurist but recently has started a career as a investigative reporter. The two of them work together, from there respective professions, to solve what turns out to be a criminal ring of jewelery theifs, who are also responsible for the murder of a baby in central park. Big Brown Eyes is a very unique film in that its a zany witty comedy with a few quite dark thrilling moments. I mean, what type of comedy murders a baby? The dialogue is rather unique in that the characters essentially are never direct towards one and other, at least compared to most films. Cary Grant and Joan Bennet are just so full of energy and this dialogue feels so natural because of this. Both these actors have so much charisma, particularly in this movie, that you cant help but love them. Aesthetically is rather standard but it does have some fun stylistic segments. For example, there are three or so segments in which we are shown various characters at slanted camera angles in quick-cut rapid succession as they gossip in a beauty parlor about the current events which are taking place. It's just one stylistic moment which personofies just how playful, hectic and fun this film is. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Great movie with Grant, if you're a fan, you should see this one. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent blueprint for amalgamations to to come. Some comedy, some mystery, some crime-drama. A little bit a of everything on the high-speed cycle. It's been done better, but some unusual twists and some good ideas. Joan Bennett is particularly good here. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Just another programmer churned out in the thirties as fodder for the lower half of the bill but also used as building blocks for stars, this has two of the best with Cary Grant and Joan Bennett a nice team, a shame they didn't get to work together when they were at the top, they have a really nice chemistry with each other. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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