BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

lemon_magic When I watched the "Cinema Snob" do a take on "At Long Last Love", I was expecting one of his classic hatchet jobs...but he was actually rather kind to it. So I thought I would give it a go for myself and see if the movie really deserved the drubbing it got from critics like Micheal Medved. Well...yes and no. "Yes", there is something..."off" about the musical numbers. They're leaden, clumsy, and unfocused; they lack the razor sharp choreography and deft vocal performances that someone like Crosby or Kelly or Astaire could give songs like these. (Astaire and Rogers would make gravity and momentum seem irrelevant, but none of these actors are anywhere near their level.)I'll grant you that the characters are supposed to be mostly tipsy/drunk while they are performing them, and if you watch them with that idea in mind...no, sorry they just aren't in the same league as the performances they supposedly pay tribute to. And there are an awful lot of them. And "No"; the director throws so much stuff at the wall that some of it is bound to stick, and some of the material is at least amusing. For that, we can thank Eileen Brennan and John Hillerman (the "second banana" couple) who play the servants/friends that the stars play off and play with. Brennan and Hillerman actually give the best performances in the movie, and in my mind, they bring the thing up at least one notch. And however mediocre the screenplay is, these actors are pros - even at half power, someone like Burt Reynolds is going to be worth looking at. So I'd say that it's not so much that the movie is terrible - it's just a big letdown to the Cole Porter legacy. I'm not sorry I gave it a second chance...but I won't give another one.

jjnxn-1 Glue footed travesty that makes a mockery of the very films it sets out to honor. Bogdanovich has seemingly no understanding of the genre and even if the cast were better the film would still be deeply flawed. A very few performers acquit themselves without shame, unsurprisingly they are old pros Mildred Natwick, John Hillerman and too a lesser extent Eileen Brennan. Madeleine Kahn tries her best and isn't terrible but the songs aren't suited to her unique brand of talent and the direction does her no favors. Duilio Del Prete is a nonentity who makes no impression. That leaves the leads who are awful both separately and together. Reynolds at least seems to be giving it the old college try the problem being that he can neither sing nor dance and shares zero chemistry with Cybill Shepherd. Early in her career here she is hopelessly out of her depth, in time she was able to perform a song with at least a little finesse, not here. She also dances with no grace whatsoever and is stiff in her scenes, the movie stops dead whenever she is on screen. A mess!

nonpulse This is my first comment on this site. I actually registered so I could make a comment on the movie "At Long Last Love". I am not in the know as to why certain movies aren't being released on DVD. I think it is a disservice to the lovers of art. Regardless what others may feel or how they comment, every individual should be given the opportunity to enjoy art however they may see fit.That being said, I loved the aforementioned movie. As a kid of ten and with my younger sister who was only seven at the time of this movie's release, we saw this movie countless times. We both adored the movie. Our local movie channel at the time was something called Channel 100. They were worse than HBO and all others in that they played movies over and over ad infinitum. But in the case of this movie we wouldn't have had it any other way. We must have looked like two kids in a horror movie. Mind control from beyond the grave through the boob tube from hell. We watched "At Long Last Love" almost as many times as it was shown. Then went into horrible depression when it rotated off the viewing list.Now as an adult I wish to relive that time and see just how different I perceive things. And hopefully be pleasantly surprised at an old gem. But someone else has decided for me that this movie isn't worth watching. Well I say, that just stinks. And whomever is responsible I can most assuredly attest to them not being The Tops.Anyone know of a petition going around to get this one released? A million signatures should do the trick.

ianlouisiana Peter Bogdanovich was annoyingly clever and annoyingly young.His girlfriend was the annoyingly beautiful Cybille Shepherd and he had made an annoyingly large amount of money from his annoyingly successful films. Naturally the vultures were gathering.They swooped on "At long last love". They gorged themselves on malice and envy(he'd been a critic too)and,when they'd picked his bones clean he was never quite the same man. It isn't a masterpiece - it's far too idiosyncratic - but it is a brave experiment,unpolished leads tackling sophisticated material backed up by good old pros doing their schtick.Live musical numbers making up in spontaneity what they lacked in well rehearsed technical excellence. It certainly isn't one of the "Great Musicals" either.Let's concentrate on what it is.It's fun,it's tuneful,it's energetic,it has two wonderful performers - Eileen Brennan and Madeleine Kahn - and a lot of enthusiastic if not particularly expert hoofing from Mr Reynolds and Miss Shepherd. It's got some good lines and the costume design is terrific. 30 years on,Burt Reynolds is sending himself up in a good-natured way and Cybille Shepherd is still annoyingly beautiful. I've only ever seen it on TV here in the uk once.If it comes on again -carpe diem.