THE DANMAN CAN

The colors, production design, cinematography, phenomenal makeup by  Rob Bottin (the man ) and overall magicalness are what earn this film four stars, more so than the acting, plot or dialogue (even though I quote a lot of it). Recommended if you enjoy crouching Tom Cruise , heavily prostheticized Tim Curry and/or gothed-out Mia Sara . I'll never get over this crush:

I had been meaning to watch this for a while. I was always drawn to the poster art, well...DVD art. Pretty let down. Poor acting, no gore, random plot points, messy. Not recommended per se but I would never tell someone not to watch a movie.

Finally got around to watching this. One of the few classic Cary Grant films that I hadn't seen yet. Fun, loopy performance from Grant and great direction from Capra . I always love seeing  Peter Lorre as well. Amazingly, the only other film I've seen that Capra directed is It's A Wonderful Life . It's interesting how films based on plays, like this one, often actually feel like plays (staging, choice of shots, etc).

Recommended if you enjoy naked bloody caged men, naked fighting buttered men and/or naked hostage-taking painted men.

Second viewing. Liked it a little more. Recommended if you enjoy scaly shoulder wounds, frequent hand to crotch contact, and/or Natalie Portman fantasizing about eating herself out.

A Pigeon-Toed Orange Peel! No more, no less.

Recommended if you enjoy uppity bickering college students, uppity bickering director/composer teams, and/or if you want to see probably the most beautifully filmed hallucinatory dance sequence ever put to celluloid.