Cluny Brown

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Frances H 12/09/2021 Not up to Margary Sharp' usual standards. This plot is just a bit too much,, although interesting. But I prefer her Britannia Mews and the Miss Bianca children's books. See more 05/24/2020 Jennifer Jones proves she has some wonderful comic timing (though her accent is awful). Over all, it is very hard to follow what is going on in this movie. Its like an inside joke that you try to get in on, and then realize you don’t care. It’s just boring. See more 04/24/2020 Still hilarious Lubitch flick. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 01/27/2019 The best comedy movie ever made! See more Scott R @ScottR 04/28/2017 A cute romantic comedy about breaking stereotypes for love. See more 05/20/2016 The final film that Lubitsch completed before his death by heart attack, Cluny Brown is a gently amusing comedy buoyed by a delightful performance by Charles Boyer (playing a Czech refugee from the Nazis despite his unmistakably French accent). Jennifer Jones (borrowed from Selznick) plays the title character, an irrepressible maid cum plumber who has a sense of wonder and joy about everything. This approach (and the similarly direct responses of Boyer) flies in the face of the restrictive social structure - neither Jones nor Boyer properly fit into either the Upstairs or Downstairs environments. Even the pretentious middle classes have no room for Cluny who doesn't seem to "know her place". As always with Lubitsch, there are a lot of wry chuckles on offer here, some of them verging on double entendres, and more often than not, it is the script that heightens the humorousness of the situations rather than the context being funny on its own. Moreover, the excellent array of character actors in bit parts enlivens everything. All that said, this one probably doesn't reach the heights of Lubitsch's best work (The Shop Around the Corner, To Be or Not to Be, Trouble in Paradise) but it is a very pleasant diversion. See more Read all reviews

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