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Ask Any Girl
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302641783
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302641780
Label: MGM (Warner)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: January 27, 1993
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
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Rating: - Micro-marketing and the Beholder's Eye
Though like many Gen X'ers, I am uncomfortable with the term "feminist," there's no question I am one. I mention that because I LOVE THIS SILLY MOVIE. Yes it's sexist and caricatured, but it's also charming and funny, and it has more than a little truth in it. And, one way to read its message is distinctly feminist (or post-feminist), namely: don't buy the hype about the ideal packaging, your packaging is exactly right for the right "beholder." I can't say much more without "spoilers," but I will ... Read More
Rating:  - Shirley,you're trying too hard.
Idiotic love story. That a David Niven type would participate in this hare-brained scheme to help Shirley rope a husband is an insult to the viewer's intelligence. Come on--women were never that desperate.
Rating: - A glimpse at a not-so-distant past
Well, whatever African-Americans feel watching the "Bamboozled"-style blackface in "Holiday Inn," modern women are likely to feel while watching this 'Fifties relic. It's one of Shirley MacLaine's earliest films, and she is at her winsome best, absolutely magnetic and button-nose cute. It's the perfect look for this amazingly reactionary comedy about a small-town "career girl" who comes to New York City, mainly to bag herself a husband. Seeing the pre-feminist wolf-masher culture in blatant full ... Read More
Rating:  - A case study in motivational research
Great comedy. Typical of the era. I have watched it at least 50 times. Each time you get a different perspective. David Niven and Gig young are brothers in a research firm David Niven (Miles Doughton) does all the work; while Gig Young (Evan Doughton) does all the researching mostly on female subjects. That is until Shirley MacLaine (Meg Wheeler) and David Niven applies the research to Gig Young. To this day I can still use the proposition lines from Rod Taylor (Ross Tayford). He challenges Meg ... Read More
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