Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

jarrodmcdonald-1 Apparently, Barbara Stanwyck was supposed to play the lead but a scheduling conflict prevented it. One cannot help but think how she would have played the scenes when Eve Peabody wakes up in the suite and finds all those clothes given to her by John Barrymore's character. Of course, Claudette Colbert is good and brings an air of sophistication to the part, but she does not come across as hard-pressed as Stanwyck probably would have presented the character. Don Ameche plays a taxicab driver and is the prince charming in this picture. He pulls it off, thanks in large part to the easy rapport he shares with Colbert. Another standout, among a group of top-notch performers, is Mary Astor. But the real scene-stealer is Hedda Hopper as the socialite, Stephanie. Monty Woolley commandeers the laughs in the final sequence as a put- upon judge, but I would have preferred seeing a final shot of the lovers as they were married.Colbert and Ameche re-teamed for two more pictures.

vincentlynch-moonoi I found the first half of the film to be a bit stuffy. In fact, I was expecting to give it a negative review. But, once they move on to the estate, it really became quite clever. Don Ameche's charming screen persona is evident here, and Claudette Colbert is her usual vivacious self. But considering this film was made in the magic cinema year of 1939, it seemed rather old world. And perhaps the reason is that it was one of those films making sport of the old moneyed rich. And that is so mid-1930ish.Two things struck me as illogical here. First, the idea that someone as sophisticated as Claudette Colbert's character would we wandering around Europe with not a bit of money in her pocket. Second, John Barrymore was clearly way over the hill in this film; difficult to believe he was once considered a great screen actor; watch his eyes...flashes of silent screen overacting on occasion.Mary Astor is excellent as the philandering wife of John Barrymore. She is probably one of Hollywood's most underrated actress. Francis Lederer, with whom I was not at all familiar, played the butterfly playboy excellently. And Monty Woolley was delightful as the judge in the divorce court.Many consider this to be one of the great screwball comedies. I don't rate it quite that highly. It won't find its way onto my DVD shelf. But I'm glad I watched it, and may do so again. It's definitely worth watching just to see the chemistry between Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert.

bkoganbing With Don Ameche borrowed from 20th Century Fox and John Barrymore finished with his contract at MGM, the two of them teamed with Claudette Colbert to make Midnight where Colbert plays a chorus girl stranded in Paris. When Don Ameche finds her and takes her in, she's wearing a newspaper for a hat.She could have all her basic needs met with Ameche who's head over heels for her, but Claudette wants more out of life. Enter John Barrymore who would like to have her masquerade as a baroness, to ward off another goldigger of the male kind in Francis Lederer who has been sniffing around Mary Astor who is Barrymore's wife.Colbert pulls it off beautifully, maybe she'll meet a really rich candidate for a husband. Lederer is sniffing all right to Astor's jealousy, but Ameche is on the scent too. He's going to find that woman who came and went out of his life so quickly. And Barrymore, the sly rogue, is presiding over it all like an indulgent grandpa.When you have a director like Mitchell Leisen and such skilled players in comedy as Ameche and Colbert in the lead, the result can't be anything else, but pure entertainment. Barrymore is also grand in the last part he would have in an A budget film.Down in the supporting cast take careful note of Monty Woolley as a judge, a man well versed in the divorce laws of France and who brooks no nonsense in his court. Best scene in the film is Ameche with the help of several Parisian cab drivers getting the hotel maitre'd to tell where Colbert left for. That has to be seen, no description will do.Unfortunately Midnight is not the kind of screen comedy made any more, so see it when broadcast.

Gloede_The_Saint This didn't begin to well. Though Don Ameche was great all the way Colbert just didn't look or sound the part. After about 10 minutes I figured this would be yet another romcom. But as the film went on and with the introduction of John Barrymore it just got better and better. It was a long process though. Seems like the writers decided to hold back all the fun for one of the better last acts of any comedy.I don't want to spoil the plot but I will tell you that the "build up" is worth the wait. Oh the "build up" part isn't too bad, kinda decent/good actually it's just that the characters aren't too interesting at first and everything seems a bit generic. But as we are drawn further and further into the story it has suddenly come alive.Enjoy.