Frank Tashlin, usually known for great comedies with Jerry Lewis, comes back in this parody about spies and double spies and has some great cast: Doris Day, Richard Harris.
The beginning of the movie is promissing and the theme industrial espionage is great and fresh referring to the 60ies and has become since then more and more an issue.
The movie is fast paced, jumps a little bit to fast from one plot point to another, leaving the character development inbetween to the viewer, which is ok, if you want to keep the audience interrested. But the story is a bit confusing, mixing to much themes together: industrial espionage, a love romance, a parody to spy movies (especially James Bond), a little meta, a little bit suspence, a little bit action, a little bit comedy, but somehow the movie is not that suspenseful, has not that much of action and is not really funny from start till the end. It's a mixture of different genres that don't work that well.
Doris Day doesn't like this movie and Richard Harris did it between his filming of "Camelot", "A Man Called Horse" and "Cromwell", that are more famous and more demanding in terms of acting, but "Caprice" was a financial success for both actors.
There are some really cool, hilarious scenes in the movie, like the one in the cinema where a movie called "Caprice" is running and there is a meta dimension/reference in the movie that i like. But unfortunatelly this parts are rare that could have made a really great movie.
It's still an entertaining movie, but not as good as Pillow Talk, The man who knew to much or Midnight Lace with Doris Day.
If you're a fan of Doris Day and want to see her in a different role, this movie is recommended.
It's light, entertaining and fast paced.
A nice watch, but if I had a choice, I would prefer other movies to watch by these actors.
The beginning of the movie is promissing and the theme industrial espionage is great and fresh referring to the 60ies and has become since then more and more an issue.
The movie is fast paced, jumps a little bit to fast from one plot point to another, leaving the character development inbetween to the viewer, which is ok, if you want to keep the audience interrested. But the story is a bit confusing, mixing to much themes together: industrial espionage, a love romance, a parody to spy movies (especially James Bond), a little meta, a little bit suspence, a little bit action, a little bit comedy, but somehow the movie is not that suspenseful, has not that much of action and is not really funny from start till the end. It's a mixture of different genres that don't work that well.
Doris Day doesn't like this movie and Richard Harris did it between his filming of "Camelot", "A Man Called Horse" and "Cromwell", that are more famous and more demanding in terms of acting, but "Caprice" was a financial success for both actors.
There are some really cool, hilarious scenes in the movie, like the one in the cinema where a movie called "Caprice" is running and there is a meta dimension/reference in the movie that i like. But unfortunatelly this parts are rare that could have made a really great movie.
It's still an entertaining movie, but not as good as Pillow Talk, The man who knew to much or Midnight Lace with Doris Day.
If you're a fan of Doris Day and want to see her in a different role, this movie is recommended.
It's light, entertaining and fast paced.
A nice watch, but if I had a choice, I would prefer other movies to watch by these actors.