A long homage to seemingly every famous musical from the late 1920s and early 1930s with careful over-the-top scene stealing from Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Ruby Keeler, and everyone else of the era. Everything is parodied to the point that it's hard to tell if the director, Ken Russell, actually liked those movies, or if it's just a game of "Look at what I can do."
The film grew on me late during the 2:20 runtime. The first hour I couldn't take all of the winking at the camera, much of it literal.
Twiggy is very good. Everyone else is (intentionally) overacting to great distraction.
Amusing, weird, trippy, long, and colorful, most of the dance routines and top-down kaleidoscopic cinematography are not as inspired as the originals. It's as if Terry Gilliam and Monty Python did an endless 1930s musical skit. It's surely a spectacle. But unfortunately it's less than great.
The film grew on me late during the 2:20 runtime. The first hour I couldn't take all of the winking at the camera, much of it literal.
Twiggy is very good. Everyone else is (intentionally) overacting to great distraction.
Amusing, weird, trippy, long, and colorful, most of the dance routines and top-down kaleidoscopic cinematography are not as inspired as the originals. It's as if Terry Gilliam and Monty Python did an endless 1930s musical skit. It's surely a spectacle. But unfortunately it's less than great.