Review of The Thin Man (1934) by Gary C — 31 Jan 2008
Myrna Loy and William Powell have rarely been equaled for the banter, the interaction and the quality in the Thin Man films. The romantic comedy murder mystery is a stitch with Powell as the retired private detective who married the heiress played so wonderfully by Loy in this flick.
The characters are obviously perfectly matched which for such a short shooting schedule is an amazing chemistry between the two actors. Rounded out by a little terrier named Asta, they pursue the murderer almost as vigorously as they do the gin bottles.
The reluctant detective and his wife seem to clash in a most heartwarming manner throughout the entire series, but this one starts it off. There's both class and detail in this film as Powell leads the chase and the Police cavort about frantically without success until Nick puts together all the SuS-Pects for the pay-off.
Character actors abound and the performance by one and all is just plain nonstop fun. The cast is filled with quality performers which only makes it all that much more loveable. Nick's old case parolees are all buddies of his and he manages to keep the good guys on the up and up, while steering the bad guys into their fall.
Fun never had such fast word play before.
This review of The Thin Man (1934) was written by Gary C on 31 Jan 2008.
The Thin Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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