Friday, July 29, 2016

Voulez-vous danser avec moi (1959)

English title: Come Dance with Me!

A married man is blackmailed by a woman with whom he was photographed in compromising positions. That woman is murdered and he becomes a suspect. His wife takes personal charge of a private investigation, by getting a job at the dance school where the deceased woman worked.

It may just be that I was in a bad mood that day, but this movie, for me, was almost unwatchable. As a mystery story, it is as lame as they come. Not only there is no ingenuity in the plot, but both the police and the suspects behave stupidly, in an almost farcical manner -- and the problem is that as a farce it is very lame too. I guess one could praise the color cinematography, but the standard definition TV channel on which I viewed it didn't allow full enjoyment of that aspect.

Rating: 26

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