Review of Love Me Tonight (1932) by Chris D — 13 Oct 2010

Oh it had its enchanting moments, and it serves as an excellent precursor for movie musicals to come (they had only exists a couple years at this point), so it's OK that the film doesn't quite hit the mark for me.

I can't quite pinpoint it either: the acting is good, the music is very typical musical fare, but I suppose the story wasn't as compelling for me. It may have been that nothing felt very fleshed out, or that the "peasant in love with noble-person" story wasn't strong enough to rise above the many other films on the same subject.

Having a French lead reminds me of the far superior animated "Beauty and the Beast", which isn't particularly fair, since that film had another 60 years to hone this genre, but it's symptomatic of watching older films: you're always compelled to compare it to films that have been influenced by it.