Nonureva Really Surprised!

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

froberts73 Doris's manager-husband was not anywhere as nice as most of her leading men, treating her so bad, their son just about disowned him, wisely siding with mom.Harris enjoyed working with her, but ditzed the pic; She was less than thrilled with it. Maybe all concerned grumbled their way through it, but the end result was quite satisfactory.The tense moments were wonderful cliff-hangers, and the comedy moments, particularly the crazy apartment chase were real laugh getters.One critic described the plot as convoluted. Fie on him. It was complex, but did not require a ton of gray matter to keep up with it.Overall, it was a couple of hours very well spent, a little known film with a lot going for it.One more thing. Michael J. Pollard was on the screen for only a few moments, but he dominated his time marvelously.Let me add one more, one more thing. I would watch Day any day.

gftbiloxi By her own admission Doris Day greatly disliked the script--but found to her horror that husband Marty Melcher had signed her to the project without her knowledge. Director Frank Tashlin and writer Jay Jason re-sculpted the script, altering plot lines and characters in an effort to win Day's confidence in the project--but she still didn't like it and is on record as considering CAPRICE the worst of her films.It isn't difficult to see why. Released at the height of the "spy movie" craze of the 1960s, CAPRICE seeks to emulate such films as CHARADE with a mixture of wit and suspense, only to arrive at lackluster farce and a series of absurdly obvious plot-twists. The story concerns Patricia Foster (Day), who becomes an industrial spy for a cosmetics company in order to uncover her father's killer. Unfortunately, the elements never hang together in any consistent way: the movie is too eager to throw away plot points for the sake of a laugh. This might be forgiven if CAPRICE was actually funny, but the laughs involved are few, far between, and very slight indeed.Script and plot aside, the film's other great failure is the mismatch of Day with leading man Richard Harris. Although she was a beautiful woman, she is obviously quite a bit older than Harris, who plays a womanizing counter-agent surrounded by nubile, sultry models; the romance between the two consequently has an awkward quality. More than this, Day and Harris come from two extremely different acting styles and traditions. Try as they might they never quite succeed in making them mesh. And the direction certainly doesn't help: although directed such memorable bits of fluff as THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, Frank Tashlin is best remembered as the creator of numerous Jerry Lewis vehicles. To say it shows would be a significant understatement.CAPRICE was alternately ignored and savaged by both critics and audiences in 1967. But a funny thing happened as time went by: it began to acquire cult status. The film is oddly appealing in a clunky sort of way. Doris Day bounces along in a series of Harlow-white wigs and pop-art dresses; Richard Harris' bed really swings (literally); models squirm, Ray Waltson snarls, women scream, popcorn is spilled, flowers are thrown. It has the same sort of "What on EARTH were they thinking?" appeal that graces such films as THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. Consequently, CAPRICE isn't really as unentertaining as many would have you believe--it just isn't entertaining in the way its creators hoped it would be.The DVD edition is surprisingly fine. The film has received a nice clean up; the colors are sharp and clear and the sound is generally good. And there are a surprising number of bonuses, ranging from an interview with costume designer Ray Aghayan to a profile of the Day-Melcher relationship to radio interviews Day and Harris gave to promote the film. There is also an audio commentary track by Pierre Patrick and John Cork. This is occasionally as unintentionally amusing as the film itself, for both are extremely, extremely uncritical of the film, but they do offer occasional bits of interesting insight along the way.When all is said and done, CAPRICE will never challenge the likes of PILLOW TALK, but hardcore Doris Day fans will enjoy it--and every one else will enjoy looking at the eye-popping visuals and making fun of the rest.GFT, Amazon Reviewer

uptownmyrnafan what can i say to add to all the reviews? this movie IS the quintessential 60's spy/spoof flick. (other than the Matt Helm movies)the awesome clothes, the amazing sets, the beautiful women, and the GREAT GREAT GREAT music by De Vol. (if you can't have Quincy Jones - then De Vol is the way to go) the opening ski scene was recreated in Her Majesty's Secret Service, among others (incl. several later Bond flicks) that's how good it is. several times i had to back up the DVD to catch some lines that i had laughed over. such as DD : "were you really with the CIA ?" "yes but industrial esp. was more fitting employment for a coward."the scenes that i found funniest were the bugging of the outdoor café, the scene where DD was spying on Irene Tsu on her deck, the chase inside & outside of an apartment building, & of course the movie theater scene with Michael Pollard.all in all this is a very good spy spoof & well worth watching, no matter what anyone says >> INCLUDING Miss Day herself.yes she had too much make-up, yes Richard Harris does SEEM mis-cast, & yes it doesn't quite have the same chemistry that DD had with Rock Hudson or James Garner ........ but just take it for what it's worth, & just sit back & watch & enjoy it. & oh yeah ......... make up your own mind about it. but i found it very funny & entertaining, & a cocktail or two won't hurt either.

cinemabon The only thing one can say about "Caprice" is that it will not be mentioned along with the name of Doris Day, but as the end of a glorious era of technical innovation in film. Cinemascope, Fox's answer to television, gave theater-goers new thrills, new vistas, and greater entertainment value for their hard earned dollar. We take the wide-screen process for granted, but thanks to an enterprising Frenchman, we have widescreen films to this day. Alfred Newman, the genius composer and conductor, wrote the extension for his Fox opening. For ten years, no one heard the famous opening until May 25, 1977 at the premier of "Star Wars." Unfortunately, Cinemascope ended on a whimper and not a bang, as "Caprice" is simply forgettable in every way.