UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

GManfred Didn't care for "A Scandal In Paris", but I love to hear George Sanders talk. It is a supercilious voice that reeks of upper class snobbery but so soothing to the ear. And here it is, as he has the leading role and is seldom off screen. You can almost hear him purring to Anne Baxter in "All About Eve"; "You're not Eve Harrington, you're Gertrude Schlussinsky". Terrific stuff.But "A Scandal In Paris" is a flawed picture and lacks verisimilitude, maybe because it's stagebound without a single outdoor scene and at times seems almost like an animated feature - claymation, or something. The phony backdrops are no help in this regard. The star gets great help from Gene Lockhart and Akim Tamiroff, especially Lockhart. This also may be the best role Carole Landis ever had, and she is gorgeous here.All the foregoing accounts for my rating, because as I said, I didn't care for it.

ian_ison Probably symbolising the Wheel of Fortune, a beautiful hand-cranked carousel in a pond features a couple of times towards the end of the film. Look for the rabbit seat which resembles the dog, Dougall, from the British Magic Roundabout stop-motion children's series. Here the church's St George vs Dragon stained glass tableau plays out in real life as the morality play on our freedom to choose right from wrong. Death & the Maiden are here, too, for those with the eyes to see. It seems that the first meeting of St George & his maiden happens at a rural bathing fountain where a serpent has lain hidden in this dress of one of the damsels bathing there. A strike from his riding crop dispatches that incarnation of the Beast but there will always be more. His other lady - seemingly more fair but dark at heart - dies when her jealous spouse disguised as a 'good fortune' manakin-selling beggar mistakes her attentions to a milliner's mannequin & shoots her out of the picture, so to speak. The delicate kiss of benediction which he gives to the girl whilst slipping quietly through her bedroom chamber may translate as a reverse Pygmalion touch where the spirit of St George transfers out of her dreams & into the rogue upon whom the chapel's window is styled.

MartinHafer Eugène François Vidocq was a VERY peculiar person. Up until 1810, he'd been a career criminal. Then, he turned snitch and began working with the police. None of this is extraordinary. However, eventually, he was appointed Chief of the new Sûreté Nationale (a very famous French police force) as well as becoming the first private detective! Along the way, he became involved in all sorts of intrigues, was briefly jailed and had a few marriages! All in all, he had an amazing life--one that easily could have made an excellent movie. Unfortunately, "A Scandal in Paris" does what many Hollywood films have done over the years---it ignores the facts and mostly fictionalizes his life! And, believe it or not, the fictionalized life is far less interesting!! In fact, the film seemed, at best, ordinary despite starring George Sanders. It looked nice and wasn't terrible....but should have been so much better.

trpdean I was already a fan of George Sanders - but this film really gives him the witty language that he can spin under his breath better than any actor in movies. The story itself is far more interesting in its twists and turns than expected. Listen carefully - and you hear real style and imagination.