Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Aedonerre
I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Skyler
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
SnoopyStyle
Patrick Dennis becomes a rich orphan after his father's sudden death in 1928. As part of the will, Patrick is kept away from his eccentric Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell). Despite that, they grow to be a loving family. She becomes poor after losing everything in the financial crash. While working as a sales clerk, she attracts the attention of wealthy oilman Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside. The story continues as Patrick grows up although Auntie Mame is concerned about his stuck-up fiancée and his snooty lifestyle.This is an iconic movie character and forever tied to Rosalind Russell. She exudes joy, smarts, and humanity. The fox hunt is end to end hilarity. I do miss the little boy when Patrick grows up. It would have been fine if the movie stay in that age but the older Patrick does provide Auntie Mame with some intriguing poignant drama. This is a character of characters making it an important movie of its time.
dweilermg-1
A truly brilliant movie that can be enjoyed over and over every time you see it but sadly Lucille Ball's musical remake version (Mame) changing aspects of the original plot, changing some of the characters and replacing many things that made Rosalind Russel's 1958 Auntie Mame a joy to watch with some mediocre acting and lame show tunes. MAME is indeed a musical movie to avoid but Auntie Mame is truly a classic. ☺
mmallon4
It's hard for me not to be complete enamoured by a movie and a character like Auntie Mame. Two and half hours of zany histrionics with a central character who is a fee thinking, non conformist and constantly has a joyous, optimistic outlook on life; oh, and did I mention she is a total screwball. Few other fictional characters seem to led such an exciting life that I as the viewer am actually is jealous off ("Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are just starving to death!"). If I ever amass a huge fortune then perhaps I can try to emulate the lifestyle of Mame. OK even with a huge fortune that probably wouldn't be possible in this mundane realm that is reality but I can at least try. Auntie Mame is one of the most liberal movies to come out of the 1950's. Mame's carefree, flamboyant, free thinking and non conformist lifestyle clashes with a decade which is thought of as being the most conformist of the 20th century. It should come as no surprise this movie has a huge gay following as the title character is essentially a drag queen. At the beginning of the movie we see Mame throwing a party full of bohemians, intellectuals and champagne socialists ("Karl Marx, is he one of the Marx Brothers?"), essentially the predecessors to the modern day hipster. During the first 50 minutes of Auntie Mame the liberals are the one's having fun while the stuffy, puritan conservative Mr Babbock is being driven mad by Mame's antics and instance that her nephew be sent to a be sent to a progressive school over a conservative prep school, a school with ancient Greek principles, has no uniforms and as the movie's implies, teaches sex education in a very odd manner. However Auntie Mame isn't a total demonisation of conservatives. In the middle portion of the movie she does end up getting married to a southern gentleman and an oil tycoon of whom lives lives on a plantation and goes fox hunting, which does show you that love can overcome ideology. Likewise when Mame returns to her apartment after the death of her husband, the next few incarnations of her constantly redesigned apartment as well as her outfits are not as camp, possibly suggesting her husband's influence on her. Well at least until the second last incarnation of her apartment which is very avant-garde.With the movie's references to sex and homosexuality among other things, Auntie Mame falls into the category of "how did they get away with that?". Yet as liberal as the movie is for its time (and in many respects still is), the liberal of today is the conservative of tomorrow. Some of Mame's actions wouldn't rub with the modern left such as her desire to settle down with a man and her motherly instincts.The Kaleidoscope opening credits set the stage for a film which is a feast for the eyes and ears. They really put effort into these early widescreen era title sequences in one of many attempts for film to compete against television. Likewise Mame's lavish apartment is a masterpiece of set design as it evolves throughout the movie, with each incarnation being as impressive as the last. The movie doesn't lose its stage roots which each act ending with the dimming of the lights with the spotlight on Mame before completely going to dark.I am a huge Rosalind Russell fan and I know it's a cliché expression but it usage couldn't be any more adapt here: this is the role she was born to play! How is it possible of a human being to talk at such a voracious rate? I do wonder how long the script for Auntie Mame must have been. There are probably more words in this movie than the Encyclopedia Britannica. Whenever there is a moment free of any dialogue I have little think to myself, "oh yes, silence, I forgot what that feels like". When Roz's motor mouth isn't running, she's pulling at my heart strings; there are times when I wish I could just go into the screen and hug her. I can't stress enough my love for the actress, the performance and the fictional character. Auntie Mame is an encapsulation of pure unmitigated joy. When I'm feeling down, I know what movie I'll be turning to.
wes-connors
"Ten-year old orphan Patrick Dennis has come to live with his nearest relative, and in the high times ahead, he's not going to believe his luck. Nor will you, because Patrick's relation is played by one of Hollywood's greatest dames. Reprising her Broadway triumph, Rosalind Russell won her fourth 'Oscar' nomination and third 'Golden Globe' award as the marvelous madcap who lives life to the hilt. 'Auntie Mame' brings to bubbly life the mayhem Mame and her cronies create while guiding Patrick's fortunes. 'Life is a banquet,' Mame says, 'and most poor suckers are starving to death!' With wit, style and a seasoned cast to dish humor and heart with gusto, 'Auntie Mame' is a full course meal of entertainment magic," according to the DVD sleeve description...It's difficult to believe the play was this long... but, an intermission and the change to see Ms. Russell perform the role live world have more than made up for the duration. Energetically recreating her stage hit, Russell is the best thing about this film. This ended up being her most critically acclaimed role, with the award notices above bolstered by "Film Daily" (where Russell placed second) and the "New York Film Critics" (she was ninth). The former organization's "Supporting Actress" winner Peggy Cass (as Agnes Gooch) enlivens the film's second half considerably. In what may be perhaps her best role, Ms. Cass is hilarious. She lived, with her noisy dog, next to a friend of mine on the east side of Manhattan, and did not like us blasting loud rock music... ******** Auntie Mame (12/27/58) Morton DaCosta ~ Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Peggy Cass, Forrest Tucker
