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8/10
Corny gags done well
9 December 2006
Plenty of corn in this one, but it has its laugh out loud moments. I found the characters appealing, and the humor timeless. Only one or two gags might depend on knowing something about the '30s.

That theaters used to hold raffles to increase attendance will seem a little unusual to todays viewers, but our "hands-on" contests at shopping malls aren't much different. A shiny new car draws 'em in every time.

Kelly (the plain brunette) plays the fool. She's got pratfalls and funny looks in her bag of tricks, but she really shines as an oddball. She seems to ad-lib some of her better riffs, and Todd (the glamorous blonde) hangs in there.

The theme of gal-pals is played very nicely between these two. "When did I ever get you in trouble?" is a pretty good tag line. They remind me of how Lucy and Ethel seemed like natural friends (with issues). It's worth repeated viewings, especially the big traffic jam scene- there's a lot going on there.
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8/10
Who Are The Angels?
29 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Early in the movie we see what it would be like to fly above the city. We float above the autobahn and we see a block of high-rise apartment buildings. Suddenly we are in those apartments, drifting through windows and walls, seeing the people who live there, hearing their thoughts.

This makes clear one of the things that we normally take for granted about movies- that somehow we seem to be there, watching and listening. If we play dumb about this, or think like a little child, we might ask why the people in movies don't notice us watching them.

A naive answer would be because we are invisible, because we are angels. Like the angels in the movie, we are unable to affect events. We are only able to emphasize with the characters, only able to smile to each other and compare notes.

Knowing that we, the audience, are among the angels in this movie, and that they represent us, is a good place to start thinking about how and why this movie does whatever it is that it does so well.
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