Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

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.

bettycjung 1/26/18. I watched this because it is a National Film Registry pick. It was an okay movie for the time period. However, what was interesting was Mansfield's breathless delivery throughout the whole movie. While Marilyn Monroe was her contemporary, after watching this movie it makes me wonder if all the characteristics that Monroe was noted for (breathless delivery) was really Mansfield's creation than Monroe's. Oh well, I guess we'll never know.

edwagreen Absolutely ridiculous 1957 film where the glib advertiser, Tony Randall, suddenly becomes a great success at the advertising firm he works for by getting Jayne Mansfield to endorse a certain lipstick.It's basically the same old story that success in life isn't everything, especially when it interferes with the relationship of his true love.Other than being a sex object, Mansfield does little to nothing. Ditto for Joan Blondell, her assistant, who did have one funny line. When asked if she goes out on blind dates, she replied: "Only when I'm blind!" The line was appropriate since the film lacked vision and the break for a commercial was really inane.Veteran actor John Williams really changed his usual persona of a tough British officer by playing the head of the firm who finally gives in to his desire of being a horticulturalist.

jarrodmcdonald-1 The film combines witty jabs at the world of advertising with a biting satire about the cult of Hollywood celebrity, as exemplified by Jayne Mansfield's character, Rita Marlowe. Tony Randall is cast as an ad man and her unlikely love interest.One can see Mansfield's inimitable talent in this film. Her trademark voice with its punctuated squeals may seem overdone at times, but something about the actress is rather charming. She's a riot in many of her scenes, including one hysterical bit involving a phone call to a Hollywood boyfriend. There is also a funny press conference outside the home of an advertising executive.Joan Blondell is cast as Mansfield's chaperone, while Betsy Drake (wife of Cary Grant) plays Randall's long-suffering girl Friday. In fact, Mr. Grant is mentioned when the Rita Marlowe character says she (meaning Mansfield herself) will soon be appearing with him in her next film.The picture is thoroughly enjoyable, and part of its appeal seems to be its commentary about getting ahead. Ultimately, none of the characters are spoiled by success. We're the ones that are spoiled, because we are treated to such merriment that when the final fade out occurs, we may think we have been cheated out of a sequel.Randall and Mansfield appeared together again, in a 1962 episode of 'The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.' It was also set in the advertising world. Maybe that was our sequel?

ldavis-2 Watch Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? for the opening credits -- they are a hoot! While Tashlin did a great job "opening" it up, the tone was uneven and Rita Marlowe had me scratching my head.She is this Sex Bomb who turns men into jelly with her oh-so kissable lips, but her fans are teenage girls! We never see a single male swoon over her! Rock never wonders why April has pictures of Rita plastered all over her room and not Elvis or Ricky Nelson, or even Pat Boone?Rita complains about how she finds these hunks and turns them into stars, only to have them leave her. Little wonder, as Mansfield give us no clue how this walking squeak-box has the power to make or break anybody! She Goes Gotham to make her latest "protégé" jealous. But he not only does not take the bait, he predicts she'll crawl back to him on her hands and knees! As it turns out, she never loved him to begin with! What was the point?Which leads me to my main beef: Rock swears up and down to Jenny he loves her, yet clearly enjoys the perks that go with being Lover Doll. He becomes such an egotistical jerk, the level-headed Jenny getting worked up over Rita makes zero sense! And the "lesson" we're supposed to learn - success is what makes you happy - comes across as totally self-indulgent and insincere.