Thoroughly Modern Millie [DVD]

This movie is an absolute classic and was SUCH a huge part of my childhood & my mother's childhood. (age 31 & 57)When I was younger I would tell my mom that I wanted to be Carol Channing's character and that someday I would be so rich that I could entertain ALL of my hobbies and more. She boxes, she sings, she dances, she flies planes, plays instruments, does acrobatics while singing and flying through the air.... and she flirts with every man on her staff. Millie was the main character, but Muzzy was the baddest b*tch of them all.Julie Andrews, as usual... amazing. Mary Tyler Moore? Same. The whole movie? Gold.Now time for the disclaimer:This movie has some very extreme stereotypes of Chinese people, and literally scared my sheltered white + blonde mom in 1972 into thinking she was going to be sold into slavery... (she was 9). BUT... I can say this. It has also been the catalyst for some INTENSE conversations about race and stereotypes in my family with my mom & her parents. It is a reflection of how people being "complacent" to racism, especially through humor, WERE ALSO PERPETUATING RACISM.Truly, there is no excuse for how bad some parts are...You can say, oh it was the 60's! And, Oh they're just pretending it's the 20's! But the racism is there... and those parts, and the use of Chinese people as the butt of jokes, is not funny.The only thing I can say (still not making an excuse!) and SPOILER WARNING:Young people are changing. When I was about 8 or 9 and singing and dancing to this music everyday, I apparently told my mother that I was really unhappy with 2 things:1. Why did they have to lump Chinese people in with evil Mrs.Meers? It makes them look bad. She was a super bad lady & she wasn't even Chinese! (Turns out Beatrice Lillie IS a British woman that the movie tries to play off as Chinese!! Having her yell at her assistants in horribly racist fake Chinese. I was NOT having it)2. What might come off as a racist excuse (& was probably seen by the creators of this movie as a justification for the racism...) was the key factor into my little mind finding some enlightenment: NOT ALL CHINESE PEOPLE ARE BAD. There are good people and bad people. The movie ends with everyone being SAVED by a Chinese person. So yes, what may have started as a justification of "SEE we made one of them nice!" gave me this complex.....There are really horrible white people.And really kind white people.There are really horrible people of every color, race, and background... (Like a British New Yorker pretending to be Chinese?)And there are amazing people, of every color, race, and background.Again, does that make this movie not racist? NO!Will I stop watching it? No.I will continue to keep it around to1. REMIND US how freaking racist we were, NOT THAT LONG AGO. and2. To remember that people can change.(Oh and also 3. Because the music and silliness is unbeatable)

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Great movie for family event for entire family!

If you missed this flick from the 60s and you are a Julie Andrews fan, what are you waiting for? The cast is great!! John Gavin—what a handsome hunk, along with sparkly Carol Channing, witty Mary Tyler Moore and hilarious Beatrice Lillie make a great team in spoofing the 1920s. Some reviews claim it’s too long. Sorry, I disagree. . It’s exactly the right length. It’s a great escape for just over two hours of great fun!!

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" is a reminder that once upon a time in Hollywood singing stars made B-musicals. Here is a classic example from the career of Julie Andrews that reminds us her career was not all mega-hits like "Sound of Music" and super-flops like "Star." Unfortunately for lovers of musicals Hollywood stopped marking movies like this, leaving singing stars with Olivia Newton-John with a smash like "Grease" and a bomb like "Xanadu" with nothing in between. I also have fond memories of "Thorough Modern Millie" because it was a movie that was shown to us in class in high school; the reason why we were allowed this privilege is beyond me, unless we were supposed to get an appreciation of the Roaring Twenties from this film (so why did they show us the original version of "The Blob?").Our flapper heroine is Millie Dillmount (Andrews), who has decided to be a "mod" and turned in her long curls for a stylish bob. Her goal in life is to marry her boss and after interviewing several possibilities she hits the jackpot with Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), who hires her as his stenog and calls Millie "John" (as in "Johnny on the spot"). Millie likes young Jimmy (James Fox), who impresses her by inventing a new dance called the Tapioca and being a swell kisser, but he is poor and Millie has her ambitions. Millie's best gal-al is Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore), who is sweet, innocent, and has lots of curls.However, the life of Millie and her friends are caught between two imposing characters. At the hotel for young women where Millie lives there is Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie), who is always looking out for young girls who are "all alone in the world," like Miss Dorothy, who could be of use to a Chinese White Slavery ring. But Millie also encounters an unstoppable force for life in the person of the irrepressible Muzzy (Carol Channing), who lives the good life at her Long Island "Cottage" estate and pops up at key moments throughout the narrative.The movie is not a great musical, mainly because it does not have any really great songs (as evidenced by the fact that the current Broadway musical has almost entirely new songs), but it is still great fun. Director George Roy Hill takes advantage of Andrews' comic flair and the film has great fun with her double takes and comic title cards as Millie periodically comments on the proceedings. The movie does employ stereotypes of the Chinese, but you have to admit these are balanced between the comic relief of Mrs. Meers' henchmen (Jack Soo and Pat Morita) and the wise old Tea (Philip Ahn)."Thoroughly Modern Millie" won an Oscar for music and Channing was nominated for supporting role (she won a Golden Globe for her efforts, were clearly tailored to her style). But Lillie is a delight as well and I personally enjoy Gavin's mock-heroic performance. Moore just has to look sweet, although she does get to say a bad word (!), and Fox is charming although clearly too young for Andrews. Unfortunately the debacle of "Star" pretty much derailed Andrews' musical career in Hollywood, which is a loss because the comic flair she shows here is the same that she showcased in films like "Victor, Victoria" a couple of decades later. The good news is that the Broadway show will bring this film back to the public's notice; I am sure that is the reason I have spent the morning watch the film on TV.

Es una película que debe ser parte de tu colección de Julie Andrews. La había visto antes, pero tan pronto la encontré en Amazon, no dude en comprarla. Viene en Español y en Inglés. Es muy divertida y la verdad vale demasiado la pena.Llegó en un tiempo increíble y en perfectas condiciones. Lo digo siempre, pero gracias Amazon y en especial Amazon Estados Unidos por cuidar de mis productos ✨🙌

Exactly the movie we need now. I first saw in the theatre with my parents in 1967! Loved it then and now. Supremely entertaining and funny and well.......Julie.........totally sublime. Tuneful and funny, maybe a bit long-ish in the second half but what a treat to watch. They have done a magnificent job of restoring the film. It looks as if it were filmed yesterday. Even Julie's freckles on display. Add Mary Tyler Moore, James Fox and Oscar nominated Carol Channing.........don't pass this up. It took a long time to find and order but I did and it's just the tonic for these times. So beat the drums cause here comes Millie now!:-)

Einfach lustig

Another film she should probably got an Oscar for! It's great!

Fantastico film contenete anche la lingua italiana. Consigliato per gli amanti dei Musical, July Andrews sempre una garanzia.