ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

chaswe-28402 An old friend of mine considers this the funniest film he knows, and I'm not inclined to argue with him. Based on the Robin Hood of Errol Flynn, which had appeared 17 years before, in 1938, the Court Jester develops the other side of the coin of that vintage Sherwood masterpiece. Everyone knows the stuttering sign-language, what doges do, and the vessel with the pestle, as well as the flagon with the dragon, and magnetic armour. But there's much more. What about glamorous Angela Lansbury's "Oh, father"; and Captain Jean's "Raise your arm". Cecil Parker, as always, is a riot as the usurping monarch with cautious concern for his health, and Mildred Natwick features strongly in the only role she was born for. Kaye is at his best when snapped into devil-may-care mode, easily the equal of dastardly Basil, and the little men have a field day. I can't think of anything else to say. Brilliantly written.

gavin6942 A hapless carnival performer (Danny Kaye) masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful king.I love Danny Kaye. I have never sought out his films, but each time a new one crosses my path, I am overjoyed to see it. With "Court Jester", I found myself enjoying yet another of his classic films, and wondered how i had not heard of it previously. Is he not the huge star he should be? Should I be actively seeking out his work? This is just a great story, very loosely based on Robin Hood... very, very loosely. It is said to be a musical, but it really is not much of one. There is singing, there is dancing, but this is really just a great comedy about a man pretending to be a jester, and actually pulling it off rather well.

shirls70 Every time I watch this movie I laugh hilariously. That's saying a lot because I rarely feel the same emotions after watching a movie.... I know exactly what's coming.Danny Kaye is in a role made for him, as a bumbling man who is thrown (or hypnotized) into the role of "Giacomo", a famous lover and experienced fighter. The scene where he is in and out of a trance while engaging in swordplay is terrific. For me, the granddaddy of all scenes is when he is going through the trials to become a Knight, then his initiation ceremony. These scenes are pure gold and I noticed they are most mentioned by reviewers here too. Mildred Natwick has a terrific role as Griselda, the one who makes Kaye think he is really Giacomo. She gives him ridiculously complicated rhymes to remember which drink has poison and of course, Kaye keeps forgetting. The rest of the Knight's trials are just as funny and the final initiation ceremony had me on the floor with laughter. It starts off slow and as the drums quicken, and Kaye is literally carried through. This stuff is priceless! Beautiful Angela Lansbury and Gorgeous Glynis Johns are the love interests.I gave it a 9 out of 10, not because of Kaye, but for the silliness with the baby's birthmark (on its rear), and the too lengthy romance scenes. Danny Kaye is a decent singer, but his true calling is as a funny man.Yay...Verily.....Yay.

Luis Guillermo Cardona Few films so I left good impression on children as this which he stars, Danny Kaye, with so much grace and charm. His colorful setting, as effective as the best fairy tale, the elegant costumes that glow in each character, and his humorous situations, amid all the hubbub for putting on the throne to the rightful heir and bring the same to the licentious usurper fully entertained me and made me crave years later to see her again and hopefully have it in my files. And now, the liberal target, the occasion provided me nicely, I see with eyes full of nostalgia, as it preserves the visual magic and much of the charm of this pleasant film. And I have never laugh laughter with "hard" evidence for knighthood to our beloved buffoon. He also smiled at length with the fight at the Palace between the king's men and the Lilliputians of the forest. And I enjoyed the best with a delicious tangle of the pill in the cup with mortar.The film is still without objection, although, at times - now that adults play at being analytical -, we have to pretend to be a blind eye to the simplicity with which certain situations are resolved. But in a comedy, sustainable thesis is always permissive, and one does not repair, so hard, if the output of the hero is because of his wit or excessive clumsiness imposed on their rivals. "THE COURT JESTER", get get us full in his colorful scenery and much appreciated in the intricacies of impersonating a buffoon who was expected as a calculating murderer. We look forward to the barefoot Jean (an attractive Glynnis Johns) eager to help the commoner than has been in love. Again we prepare for the cold and cruel stratagems of Basil Rathbone, the adversary par excellence of so many heroes swordsmen. And Angela Lansbury, very young, very graceful looks like Princess Gwendoline, a man eager for the start of forced marriage to being prepared.Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the duo director of this film - and some others as "Above and Beyond" or "Knock on wood" - is here, for us, is perhaps his best, his work as writers discounted where harvested various successes. Her spark for irony, for the visual humor and more accommodating to the atmosphere, is very thinly settled here.