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Information
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 103 min.
- Director
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Mystery
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 3,952
- Checks
- 716
- Favs
- 34
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 4.7% (1:21)
- Favs/dislikes
- 17:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
When it comes to mysteries, I try not to let my happening upon the solution early affect my judgment unless it's egregiously obvious. I did figure out Another Thin Man basically from the murder, but from a clue Nick Charles doesn't even mention at the end in the big wrap-up. Huh. In any case, this is another light mystery with lots of players - you sort of get lost in the motivations there, for a while - propped up by the banter and innate chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy. Now, to me, a Thin Man movie doesn't work if Nora doesn't get something to do (because Myrna Loy, I think that's clear), so while she has some comic bits of business in the first hour, it's not until the Cuban club sequence that the movie comes alive for me. It's not like she was strapped to the baby or anything - which they involve in gags, must like they do Asta the Dog - though they don't forget Jr. is a concern no matter what else is happening in the plot. Since it plays for laughs, I DO question the darker elements of the plot, like the killing of a dog (not Asta, don't worry). They never show dead bodies, but that seems grisly given the light tone of these movies. Still, on par with the first sequel, and not as padded. 2 months 3 weeks ago -
