Review of Victor/Victoria (1982) by Carrie C — 08 Dec 2008
Blake Edwards remade a 1933 German film starring his wife, doing what she does best, and winning acclaim and a healthy box-office around the world. Set in Paris, it has struggling, starving actress Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews) teaming up with homosexual cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston), they come up with an idea to make their fame and fortune, Toddy will represent Victoria as a female impersonator.
Basically, a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman. :P It's the perfect plot and it works instantly, but matters are complicated when Victoria falls for Chicago entertainments businessman King Marchand (James Garner), who soon finds himself falling for "Victor", but he doesn't really know yet that he's a she!! It's an enjoyable piece while it lasts, though it does resort to Pink Panther style slapstick and farce once too much, but the songs are well staged, Julie Andrews had such a brilliant voice, and it does have some good cameos from the likes of John Rhys-Davies, Graham Stark and Arthur out of On The Buses.
:P.
This review of Victor/Victoria (1982) was written by Carrie C on 08 Dec 2008.
Victor/Victoria has generally received very positive reviews.
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