Review of The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) by Brad S — 31 Aug 2015
In the 5th film in the long-running series, William Powell and Myrna Loy (as Nick and Nora Charles, created by Dashiell Hammett) head up to Saratoga Springs to visit Nick's parents and boyhood home.
Their double act is still amusing and lackadaisical but this time there is a great deal of obfuscation around the mystery - you couldn't solve it yourself (which I guess makes Nick Charles seem even more astounding).
Like many other films in this genre, all of the suspects end up in the same room at the end where Nick can surprise one of them into confessing. However, this time Myrna Loy provides some meta-commentary about how all of Nick's cases always end up in this way - it's a bit more self-reflexive than I expected but when you are on film 5, I guess this is where your thoughts go.
Nothing wrong with this as a genre picture, although the two leads could act circles around the rest of the cast (save perhaps Asta).
This review of The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) was written by Brad S on 31 Aug 2015.
The Thin Man Goes Home has generally received positive reviews.
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