Victor/Victoria Reviews

A woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman...

Set in decadent 1920's Paris this movie is an amusing, lighthearted take on the cabaret circuit.

The setting and costumes are attractive.

There are some wonderful songs - mostly sung by Julie Andrews. (the song score won an Oscar). Further Oscar nominations went to three of the main performers. In fact all the performances are well observed. I especially enjoyed the one by Robert Preston (most well known for 'The Music Man') who seems to be thoroughly enjoying himself - particularly in a scene where his character has to take the place of Ms Andrews' on stage to hilarious effect (it's a pity there isn't an out take reel on the DVD!). In fact Preston steals the film from everyone (not surprising when he has all the best, and funniest, one-liners)

The movie is nicely enjoyable and entertaining.

Brilliant delight

this is a must watch!!!!! not your typical chick flick!!!!

Well worth watching

This film is an absolute riot! It brings a whole new meaning to GAY PARIS

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this film. It captures the gay cabaret club atmosphere really well and Julie Andrews excels in a role which is a far cry from Mary Poppins.

It was also interesting to listen to the audio commentary by Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews and hear how the film was a labour of love for this husband and wife team.

Very Good, original story

Excellent story and acting all round.

Good enough to watch again

Laugh out loud moments, well acted, lovely dialogue. A well paced farce. Robert Preston and Julie andrews were terrific in this.

Fantastic!

I wasn't expecting anything much when I got this disk. I was very pleasantly surprised - aside from the main story it is a witty, non-judgemental, view on gay life in 1930's Paris.

Masterpiece

You would expect nothing less from Blake Edwards, a truly beautiful movie. Forget the pink vote and yes I know this movie has taken on cult gay status but this is a film that is to be enjoyed by everyone, I even enjoyed the directors commentary - I loved it, it was great just like sitting at home with Mr and Mrs Edwards having a chat.

Love it.

Much better than expected!

To me, this is a foundation stone from which other great films (e.g. 'The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert' and 'Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar') have originated. However, whereas the aforementioned films are 'loud and proud', and offer a darn good laugh at the stereotypes they challenge, Victor/Victoria explores many different avenues really well. Set in inter-war Paris, Victor/Victoria is primarily about self-esteem, but there's the 'I want to be a success' element, the 'oh my God - am I gay?' aspect. All a little heavy you may think.... but you'd be wrong! Plenty of tongue-in-cheek one liners and appallingly predictable slapstick enlighten this film nicely; along with good music, eye-catching costumes and the attraction of Julie Andrews, this film is one to watch and switch your mind off. I really liked it, but then I'm gay, so in the interest of stereotype and socio-conformity, I must!!!!

OK not as good as expected

Never seen this show before, on stage or the film version. The premise looked quite interesting, although it is a bit of a clinche nowdays. I didn't realise this was a recorded stage version when I hired it out, I thought it was the film version. But that aside, I didn't really enjoy this show, there were some good performances, but the show itself was very dull with no sense or drama and the songs are pretty rubbish.