The Thin Man (1934)
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel.
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Sarsgaard and Cruz share witty THE THIN MAN-style banter and chemistry.
Penelope Cruz’s lady detective who is named for “The Thin Man’s” Myrna Loy…
Peter Sarsgaard and Penelope Cruz play detectives inspired by Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man…
It gives not only the character a sense of cool, but the film itself as we follow alongside him as he attempts to unravel the mystery and pull what he can from those around him while they remain none the wiser. It’s an immersive, engrossing experience that makes tracking the mystery fun in a way that calls to mind the cunning of Nick Charles from the previously mentioned Thin Man franchise…
Many have compared its central romance to The Thin Man, and indeed Koepp had been working on a remake of The Thin Man back in 2011…
…turns the story into a cocktail of The Thin Man and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Clooney and the absolutely first-class Farmiga project the kind of understated sexual chemistry and easy intellectual rapport reminiscent of Nick and Nora in " The Thin Man ," Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in " The Awful Truth ."
Despite Jim and Nora's spontaneous eruptions of good cheer akin to Dashiell Hammett's detective duo in The Thin Man, Almereyda subtly intertwines an undercurrent of creepy ghost story devices.
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As for the screwball elements, there is a certain amount of homage paid to classics like Bringing Up Baby and The Thin Man in Wallace and Chantrys banter.
The Thin Man with blood cocktails, an ode to hipsterism through the ages, a mainline shot of cool and a playful tribute to artistic fetishism, Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive is an addictive mood and tone piece, a nocturnal reverie that incidentally celebrates a marriage that has lasted untold centuries.
Anyone whose idea of a screen marriage is the one between William Powell and Myrna Loy, in “The Thin Man,” should stay clear.
Meanwhile, Jason talks his way into Ellie’s (Imogen Poots) bed courtesy of alcohol-fueled repartee that’ll leave The Thin Man’s William Powell and Myrna Loy spinning in their respective graves.
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The Thin Man (1934) still stands as the 70 year-old pinnacle, and thoughDoug Liman's Mr. & Mrs. Smith is not nearly that good, it's enough funthat it may become a favorite of husbands and wives in years to come.
They give off a type of on-screen back and forth rhythm similar to Nick and Nora Charles in the classic The Thin Man movie series.