Benson is a Casanova who despises women and invents all sorts of tricks to bed them and leave them. His favorite one is going through Germany posing as an American GI of Teutonic extraction. Whenever he spots a girl he likes, he takes a Polarod picture of her house, knocks on the door waving the photo and pretending to be on a pilgrimage to this very cottage his grandmother so vividly described. It is an infallible system for a hit-and-run seduction. Benson seems content with... (Full plot summary below)
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Benson is a Casanova who despises women and invents all sorts of tricks to bed them and leave them. His favorite one is going through Germany posing as an American GI of Teutonic extraction. Whenever he spots a girl he likes, he takes a Polarod picture of her house, knocks on the door waving the photo and pretending to be on a pilgrimage to this very cottage his grandmother so vividly described. It is an infallible system for a hit-and-run seduction. Benson seems content with his game until he meets Jameson, a real operator who has learned to combine sex with money. Jameson poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to bestow their jewels on him for the sake of the counterrevolution. Benson decides to corner Jameson's market on sex plus finance. A contest develops, and whoever wins will dominate a small Riviera resort as "King of the Mountain," the film's original title. Remade in 1988 as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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| New York Magazine (Vulture)Nathan RabinIt’s no lost masterpiece but it is funny and showcases a side of Brando we didn’t get to see often: slapstick funnyman. |
| User ReviewGuy G[85/B+] This is a whimsical comedy about a couple of confidence men scamming women, and squaring off against each other, on the French Riviera. It's hard not to like a film that is so bare-faced trashy and mean-spirited at heart, and with such a winning cast. It's delightful to see Brando letting his guard down a little, playing the crude goofball flip-side to Niven's charming criminal aristocrat. He is a little hammy and sloppy at points, and obviously not as totally comfortable in his role as Niven is, but he does manage to be pretty hilarious through much of it. Many will know this story from its reincarnation as the darn funny Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, from 1988, which was a better directed (and definitely better funded) movie. Bedtime Story is equally as humorous and fun, if a little less tight and a little more technically clunky. It wraps up somewhat too abruptly, and leaves some of the characters in the lurch, but overall works very well. |
| User ReviewRemik BBedtime Story is an extremely entertaining comedy. Marlon Brando plays a playboy GI who tricks women into sleeping with him and giving him jewels and money. David Niven is a similar, however more sophisticated, charactor. A man who pretends to be a Prince in order to extract jewels and cash from wealthy American tourists. Their paths cross when they share a train cabin together, and a bit of rivalry sparks. When Shirley Jones comes to visit the Riviera things really go haywire. It's a shame this movie is impossible to find and isn't on DVD because it's really quite a treasure. Overall 3.5/4 Stars Grade = B+ |
| User ReviewCameron JSaw this once as a very young kid, love the opening title sequence with the pop- up book. And love David Niven always. I think Dirty Rotten Scoundrels might be a better film tho. My fave David Niven film is THE BRAIN (Le Cerveau, 1969) try to find it for a good laugh. |
| User ReviewMichael T***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.*** |
| User ReviewGreg WMarlon Brando used to say that making Bedtime Story was one of the best times he ever had on a movie set. It shows. He delivers a joyful, energetic and fantastically entertaining performance. Watching him play off of David Niven (who is also very good) is so much fun to watch. |
| User ReviewBubba MThis was a fun watch.Yes Brando can be funny!This film woud go on to be remade into "Dirty Rotten Scroundrels" |
| User ReviewMike TNiven and Brando were both great actors who were just trying to have a bit of fun in BEDTIME STORY. The problem for me is that having FIRST watched Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the 1988 re-make "DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS".... I just couldn't fit Brando or Niven into the roles of Benson or Jamieson that Caine and Martin would come to play so perfectly, decades later. Many of the gags and lines are the same from film to film but at times during BEDTIME STORY, I found myself laughing out loud at Brando's performance (and not for any good reasons either). Brando is not enormously funny in this film. (Great an actor as he is, how can he compete with Steve Martin comedically)? Niven is... well... Niven! He's prim, proper, dry and very British. A role that lacked the subtle, slow-burn reactions that Cain has perfected over his career. BEDTIME STORY is not technically significant in any way. It's filmed in a very straight-forward, gimmick-free style with little or no attention paid to cinematography. The effects are what youve come to expect from a typical 60's era movie and add a certain charm to the overall production but doesn't deliver any real, visual stimuli or set any film-making standards. This film was certainly funny for it's time and clearly... it's brilliance was strong enough for Hollywood to remake more than 20 years later, but for anyone who's seen and enjoyed the much superior DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.... BEDTIME STORY will serve as a mere curiosity at best. Watch it if you can find it. |
