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- 1981
- PG
- Moon Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 1981
- PG
- Moon Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
Summary A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich
Written By: Blaine Novak, Peter Bogdanovich
- 1981
- PG
- Moon Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 1981
- PG
- Moon Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
They All Laughed
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Summary A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich
Written By: Blaine Novak, Peter Bogdanovich
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
63
62% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
63
62% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
One of Peter Bogdanovich's most assured and ingratiating pictures, an unabashed romantic comedy of grace and sophistication featuring one of the most thoroughly likable groups of people seen on the screen in the '80s. [15 Apr 1990, p.5]
They All Laughed is certainly not a perfect film, but its homespun quality, palpable camaraderie, and playfully loose performances make for a movie that’s easy to harbor deep affection for nonetheless.
The fun of They All Laughed is that it's both blithe and knowing, a work carefree in its spirit and careful in its art, somehow French in the way of (so help me!) Rene Clair. [30 Nov 1981, p.105]
Supposedly created as a showcase for Stratten (whose tragic death cast a pall over the film’s release), the picture instead offers a splendid ensemble, from Gazarra’s world-weary suavity and Ritter’s slapstick acuity to Hepburn’s autumnal grace and, above all, Colleen Camp’s marvelous blend of abrasion and snap. Indeed, the actress embodies the garrulous yet vulnerable charm of They All Laughed, which, for all the Hawksian ping-pong of the dialogue, is closer to the melodic élan of a Jacques Demy film, as wistful and fragile as a sand castle.
The impressive presences of Audrey Hepburn and Ben Gazzara help just a little. Otherwise, it's a hollow and very minor affair. [31 Dec 1981, p.23]
There are occasional glimmers of what might have been in the fresh performances of the actresses. But it plods where it should sparkle, like a celebration where the champagne's gone flat.
It's aggressive in its ineptitude. It grates on the nerves like a 78 rpm record played at 33 rpm.
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Production Company
Moon Pictures,
Time Life Films
Release Date Aug 21, 1981
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG
Tagline Some of them promised they'd never fall in love.
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
