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Victor/Victoria

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Victor/Victoria (1982)

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Reviews Counted: 18

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Average Rating: 8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Blake Edwards tones down the broadly farcical style that is his signature with this sly musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as British entertainer Victoria Grant. She and an older friend, gay impresario Toddy (Robert Preston), are... Blake Edwards tones down the broadly farcical style that is his signature with this sly musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as British entertainer Victoria Grant. She and an older friend, gay impresario Toddy (Robert Preston), are close to starvation in 1930s Paris. Desperate for work, he changes her image, introducing her to the cabaret world as Polish female impersonator Victor/Victoria. Victoria, now a woman pretending to be a man in drag, becomes a huge success in the nightclub world. Chicago gangster King Marchan (James Garner) becomes especially intrigued by Victor/Victoria while visiting Paris with his dim-witted girlfriend, Norma (Lesley Anne Warren), and his ever-faithful bodyguard, Squash (Alex Karras), who's more than a little concerned by his boss's interest in a transvestite. As Marchan tries to get to the source of his attraction to the entertainer, trying to uncover the truth behind the rhinestone headdress, the farce commences, and the meaning of gender and sexual preference comes into question for all the characters. A director who often shows a willingness to let the seams in his work show for comic effect, Edwards has opted for stylish smoothness here while opening himself to questions of gender that his earlier films had anxiously mocked. Robert Preston steals the film as Victoria's graceful Svengali. [More]

Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren

Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, John Rhys-Davies, Alex Karras, Peter Arne

Director: Blake Edwards

Director: Blake Edwards

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absolutely wonderful!

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All time classic in writing, Mancini music, and great stars.

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Edwards' enjoyable musical farce boasts terrific turns from Julie Andrews as a starving artist playing a man impersonating a woman, Garner as a Chicago gangster, Preston as the flamboyant gay friend, and Lesley Ann Warren as the perpetually horny floozie

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Victor/Victoria is an entertaining romantic comedy with an appealing light-heartedness.

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Vincent Canby
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Because Edwards' cast so skillfully convinces us that his tightly controlled environments are loosely thrown together, the energy level of Victor/Victoria rarely flags.

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Gorgeous to look at, thoughtful, but marred by star Garner's insistene that he not appear gay

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Scott Weinberg
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For fans of lightweight song and mildly controversial subject material, Victor/Victoria makes for delightful farce.

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