
US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him.... (Full plot summary below)
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US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe text (also done as silent), co-scripted by Billy Wilder, seems ideal for the Lubitsch touch, and yet the tone is incongruous and overall the film is disappointing. |
| New York TimesFrank S. NugentAlthough it's not a bad comedy by our current depressed standards, it has the dickens of a time trying to pass off Gary Cooper as a multi-marrying millionaire. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceLubitsch's classicism gets continually cracked by the unruliness of the screwball genre and by the caustic thrust of the Billy Wilder-Charles Brackett screenplay |
| User ReviewAj VIt's a Shock to me that this is that low rated it's defently the best Ernst Lubitsch Movie i see yet. A Superb Romantic Comedy with the Fast & Fresh Dialogues between the Hillarious Couple Gary Cooper & Claudette Colbert in Front of the beautiful Panorama of the French Riveria and of cause Czechoslowakia. |
| User ReviewJordan Twith a Brackett and Wilder script, Cooper and Colbert stage an epic battle of wills. You have plenty of the vaunted Lubistch touch with the courtship over the Louis XIV's washtub and various attempts at seduction and reconciliation. a gender-inverted taming of the shrew with enough innuendo to make Rip Taylor blush. |
| User ReviewIlsa La funny lubitsch comedy zips along at just 80 minutes |
| User ReviewLaird JI had no idea Gary Cooper could be so ridiculous. |
| User ReviewFreddie MA little silly, sure, but far from bad. I thought it was an incredibly enjoyable movie. Besides, how many romantic comedies don't stray into the "contrived" to keep their heroes together? |
| User ReviewTimothy MAn excellent entry into the Lubitsch canon. Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert are perfect in their roles, with chemistry to spare. David Niven and Edward Everett Horton provide fine support. It's just a lot of fun. |
| User ReviewOrlok WBluebeard's Eighth Wife is an enjoyable film and a great example of what was called 'the Lubitsch touch' back in the day... Shaving A Bluebeard--It's all about getting what you want when you want it. And the message of Bluebeard's Eighth WIfe is to be careful what you wish for, until what you wish for wishes for you...'Bluebeard's Eighth Wife' is a GEM!! |