Description: The remake of the classic with Dudley Moore suspecting Nastasja Kinski of infidelity. Enterprising revenge scenes.
Amazon.com: This remake of Preston Sturges's 1948 comedy follows the same plot but doesn't produce nearly as many laughs, though it does have its amusing moments. Dudley Moore is a famous orchestra conductor who is convinced that his wife (Nastassja Kinski) is having an affair with his best friend, a flamboyant violinist (Armand Assante). So he plots an elaborate scheme by which he will kill them both and get away with murder. That fantasy, which he has while conducting an orchestra, rapidly falls apart once he actually tries to put it into motion. Moore and Assante compete for overacting awards, while Kinski was never much of an actress to begin with. Still, this was one of Moore's better roles during his brief bout with stardom in the '80s, and any movie with Albert Brooks (as Moore's venal manager) in it can't be all bad. --Marshall Fine
Hilarious Dudley Moore has always been my favourite. This movie was a hilarious example of his comedic skills.
La mejor película de Moore A mi juicio, esta es la mejor comedia de Dudley Moore. El reparto es excelente. Realmente la recomiendo.
Still funny Still a funny movie, holding up well and miss Kinsky is absolutely adorable. A film to be recommended for adults wanting to escape from the every day stress.
"This'll kill ya!" - UNFAITHFULLY YOURS is Faithfully Funny In a year when INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, GHOSTBUSTERS, and BEVERLY HILLS COP were conquering the box office - this film got lost in the shuffle.
Dudley Moore plays a symphony conductor who learns that his wife is having an affair. He hatches an intricate plan to kill her and frame her lover for the murder. However, in typical Dudley Moore fashion, nothing goes as planned.
The film starts slow as it establishes the characters, but the final sequence is worth the wait. Fans of the ARTHUR films will also feel right at home as Dudley falls back into ARTHUR's familiar intoxicated-state with an overdose of tranquilizers.
This is a successful comedy project, all round. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1984), is an obvious movie pick for fans of Nastassja Kinski, at her peak at the time (aged 25), and those of Dudley Moore. To enjoy this picture, it will also help viewers if they are (even moderate) fans of classical music ( such as of Stravinsky's Violin Concertos, for example), in addition to good, clean, above-board humor, never going bottom feeding for laughs.
The plot has to do with what goes on in a man's mind, when he's acheived everything, such as the ultimate in public recognition (Carnegie Hall conductor), wealth, career, success, money, and a beautiful wife.
The answer, of course, is the fear and deep concern of losing all, or any of those, especially the woman, played here convincingly by Kinski, the latter who really comes alive (unlike many of her other movies), with a playful, expressive, affectionate, fresh, extroverted, revealing, feminine, elegant presence.
Surrounding that paranoia of jealousy and infidelity, Moore succeeds in his own classy manner, in generating a multitude of laughs over the 90 mins, although the picture does seem to go offrack at the 75 minute mark and afterwards, a bit psychotic.
The soundtrack is done to a perfection, comprising hand-picked numbers that only a veteran of the business could have selected. The the filming is fine, with a pleasing true widescreen on DVD.
The 1980's style is visible, the actors male and femalse generously growing their hair shoulder-length, yet, the movie has aged well in almost all aspects.
There are a number of catchy, clever, funny phrases, double entendres, gags that keep the humor going such as "Young men are like fast food.. quick but not all that good!"
There's also a short nude shower scene, for those documenting. It is in this movie, that Kinski sports a Halloween hog mask, and not in Hotel New Hampshire.
Armand Assante is almost unrecognizable from his height, youth and nice guy image shown here, unlike many later roles as a tough guy.
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