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Grand Hotel Reviews

1932

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The creme de la creme of MGM's pantheon gathers at the luxurious GRAND HOTEL, where "nothing ever happens." Greta Garbo is at her most radiant and poetic as the melancholy ballerina who finds a reason to dance again after she falls for the down-and-out Baron (John Barrymore) who planned to rob her. In another room a ravishing .. Read more

Starring	Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery
Director	Edmund Goulding
Genres	Drama

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- It's a little faded now, but much of the magic still works in this first of the portmanteau movies; the production is opulent yet somehow stiff, and the performances have survived with varying success.
- 32994
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 6
  - 1
  The other side of paradise
  
  Like many old movies the plot does not stand modern examination. The veteran thief baron cannot be that easily caught by a foolish millionaire, let alone ... read more »
  
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  - 25 Mar 2004 at 12:55
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  Grand Hotel
  
  I was prepared to give this legendary film my respectful attention, but in fact I was pulled along with the plot and the acting. Garbo (it is here she famously ... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Nov 2010 at 09:37
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  A Grand Performance
  
  Yes, I really enjoyed this film.
  
  Its multiple plots and stories that interconnect must have been pretty fulfilling for the audience at the time of ... read more »
  
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- - Edgar Jephcote
  - Notts, UK
  - 10 Oct 2007 at 19:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Grand Hotel - great film
  
  Quite unexpectedly downbeat ending for Hollywood classic.
  
  Some quite risque dialogue also (was this before the Hayes Code?).
  
  Everyone is ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 04 Sep 2007 at 12:00
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  - 0
  Very dated
  
  In 1932 the public might have found it fascinating to see how 'the other people lived'. Not anymore. Even the beautiful Greta Garbo couldn't keep me... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 31 May 2007 at 09:56
- - 3
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  The Performance, the performance...the performance!!
  
  I don't really agree with whying from London, who talks about the plot not standing up. I don't think ... read more »
  
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- - Kevin Ferris
  - Belfast, N.Ireland
  - 14 Nov 2006 at 21:08
- - 2
  - 1
  Grandly entertaining
  
  People come, people go but things definitely do happen in this early example of the all-star extravaganza, set in a classy Berlin hotel. Most famous segment is ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 22:21
- - 2
  - 0
  One of the all-time great films
  
  This film is, in my opinion, one of the best films ever made. It interweaves a complex cast of characters in a plot which is both engaging and funny. It is ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 22 Nov 2004 at 20:57
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  - 2
  She vants to be alone
  
  Despite its starry cast and high production values this still manages to be boring and stilted; and it has dated very badly too.
  
  This is the one ... read more »
  
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- - David Ions
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2004 at 01:44
- - 6
  - 1
  The other side of paradise
  
  Like many old movies the plot does not stand modern examination. The veteran thief baron cannot be that easily caught by a foolish millionaire, let alone ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 301861
- - whying
  - London
  - 25 Mar 2004 at 12:55
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 6
  - 1
  The other side of paradise
  
  Like many old movies the plot does not stand modern examination. The veteran thief baron cannot be that easily caught by a foolish millionaire, let alone ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 301861
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - whying
  - London
  - 25 Mar 2004 at 12:55
- - 3
  - 0
  The Performance, the performance...the performance!!
  
  I don't really agree with whying from London, who talks about the plot not standing up. I don't think ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 384919
- - Kevin Ferris
  - Belfast, N.Ireland
  - 14 Nov 2006 at 21:08
- - 2
  - 0
  One of the all-time great films
  
  This film is, in my opinion, one of the best films ever made. It interweaves a complex cast of characters in a plot which is both engaging and funny. It is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 54851
- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Nov 2004 at 20:57
- - 2
  - 1
  Grandly entertaining
  
  People come, people go but things definitely do happen in this early example of the all-star extravaganza, set in a classy Berlin hotel. Most famous segment is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 155793
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 22:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Grand Hotel - great film
  
  Quite unexpectedly downbeat ending for Hollywood classic.
  
  Some quite risque dialogue also (was this before the Hayes Code?).
  
  Everyone is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 471823
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 04 Sep 2007 at 12:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Very dated
  
  In 1932 the public might have found it fascinating to see how 'the other people lived'. Not anymore. Even the beautiful Greta Garbo couldn't keep me... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 445319
- - a customer
  - England
  - 31 May 2007 at 09:56
- - 0
  - 0
  A Grand Performance
  
  Yes, I really enjoyed this film.
  
  Its multiple plots and stories that interconnect must have been pretty fulfilling for the audience at the time of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 483897
- - Edgar Jephcote
  - Notts, UK
  - 10 Oct 2007 at 19:51
- - 0
  - 0
  Grand Hotel
  
  I was prepared to give this legendary film my respectful attention, but in fact I was pulled along with the plot and the acting. Garbo (it is here she famously ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 942977
- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Nov 2010 at 09:37
- - 0
  - 2
  She vants to be alone
  
  Despite its starry cast and high production values this still manages to be boring and stilted; and it has dated very badly too.
  
  This is the one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 14139
- - David Ions
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2004 at 01:44

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- It's a little faded now, but much of the magic still works in this first of the portmanteau movies; the production is opulent yet somehow stiff, and the performances have survived with varying success.
- 32994
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43

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