Caprice

Released Jun 7, 1967

1h 38m

Comedy

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14%

7 Reviews

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60%

250+ Ratings

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An industrial spy (Doris Day) for a cosmetics firm falls for another (Richard Harris) who may not be on her side.

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This piece of trash, sums up everything that was wrong with an era of film, set to move away from the old Hollywood system. Just one of many bad deals, thrown together by Doris Day's husband/agent. Martin Melcher turned down Mike Nichols' offer for Day to play Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967). Caprice (1967) barely grossed $4 million while The Graduate (1967) topped $100 million. The only reason anyone should watch this film, is if you're a fan of camp.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Critics didn't care much for this film. Nor did Doris Day. You'd NEVER know it tho. She's classic MOD and it's a rich lush beautifully filmed project. The costumes are stunning and so is Doris. Enjoy it!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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The continuous double-crossing within the film is the best part of the comedy, the rest of it is pretty much a sickly-romance. Doris Day is looking very aged in this one.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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This is an example of a movie so dumb that it's almost brilliant. Almost.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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It's seriously not that bad! I actually found it quite interesting and Doris Day is pretty stylish here running around as a spy. I found a few parts really funny!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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There can be no denying the high camp-factor at play in this movie. It is quite bad. But, it manages to mix enough "way-out" mid-60's glam w/an uncomfortable Richard Harris and the constant comic mugging of Doris Day that you can't help but be entertained. And, oddly, there is a certain art at play with the way the sets are designed and filmed. But, this is one of those big budget cinematic errors that is fun to watch on a rainy day.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Frank Tashlin

Director

Doris Day

Patricia Foster

Richard Harris

Christopher White

Ray Walston

Stuart Clancy

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

If [Doris Day's] movies never go anywhere, at least they don't take all day about it.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 16, 2018

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

The construction is so flimsy and the presentation so poor that those usually competent performers come through looking like halfwits and dopes.

Nov 16, 2018

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Variety Staff

Variety

A timely and inventive plot -- industrial espionage -- is never fully developed in either writing, acting or direction.

Feb 23, 2012

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TV Guide Staff

TV Guide

A dumb Day comedy filmed a few years after she should have retired her brand of humor.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 16, 2018

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Tony Mastroianni

Cleveland Press

Caprice has so many divergent ingredients, each previously associated with box office hits, that one might think it had been put together by a computer. Except that any computer would have blown a few tubes over the lack of logic.

Nov 16, 2018

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

First and foremost a moral document in the face of faddish decadence

Nov 16, 2009

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Synopsis

An industrial spy (Doris Day) for a cosmetics firm falls for another (Richard Harris) who may not be on her side.

Director: Frank Tashlin
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 1967, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jan 30, 2007
Runtime: 1h 38m