Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews had been married for several years by the time that they made "Victor Victoria". It's entertaining enough. I especially liked the scenes in the hotel rooms, as well as Lesley Ann Warren's exaggerated performance as James Garner's moll.
Being the sort of person that I am, what most caught my eye was the cast. Julie Andrews is of course best known as Mary Poppins, and Robert Preston is best known as the Music Man. But aside from those two and Garner - best known as Maverick - there's also Alex Karras (Mongo in "Blazing Saddles") and John Rhys-Davies (Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies and Gimli in the Lord of the Rings franchise). And all of this is under the direction of the man who gave us Inspector Clouseau!
The movie is good for the stage performances. The funnier gender-bending movie from 1982 was "Tootsie", which had essentially the reverse plot. Still, this one's worth seeing. As to the issue of whether or not it stereotypes gays, it's hard to say.
Mongo only pawn in game of life!
Being the sort of person that I am, what most caught my eye was the cast. Julie Andrews is of course best known as Mary Poppins, and Robert Preston is best known as the Music Man. But aside from those two and Garner - best known as Maverick - there's also Alex Karras (Mongo in "Blazing Saddles") and John Rhys-Davies (Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies and Gimli in the Lord of the Rings franchise). And all of this is under the direction of the man who gave us Inspector Clouseau!
The movie is good for the stage performances. The funnier gender-bending movie from 1982 was "Tootsie", which had essentially the reverse plot. Still, this one's worth seeing. As to the issue of whether or not it stereotypes gays, it's hard to say.
Mongo only pawn in game of life!