
In 1934 Paris, trained coloratura soprano Victoria Grant (Dame Julie Andrews), a native Brit, can't get a job as a singer and is having trouble making ends meet. She doesn't even have enough money for the basics of food and shelter. Gay cabaret singer Carole "Toddy" Todd (Robert Preston) may befall the same fate as Victoria, as he was just fired from his singing gig at a second-rate club named "Chez Lui". To solve their problems, Toddy comes up with what he considers to be an... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1934 Paris, trained coloratura soprano Victoria Grant (Dame Julie Andrews), a native Brit, can't get a job as a singer and is having trouble making ends meet. She doesn't even have enough money for the basics of food and shelter. Gay cabaret singer Carole "Toddy" Todd (Robert Preston) may befall the same fate as Victoria, as he was just fired from his singing gig at a second-rate club named "Chez Lui". To solve their problems, Toddy comes up with what he considers to be an inspired idea: with Toddy as her manager, Victoria, pretending to be a man, get a job singing as a female impersonator. If they pull this scheme off, Toddy vows Victoria, as her male alter ego, will be the toast of Paris and as such be extremely wealthy. That alter ego they decide is Polish Count Victor Grazinski, Toddy's ex-lover who was disowned by his family when they found out he was gay. The Count auditions for the city's leading agent, Andre Cassell (John Rhys-Davies), who, impressed, gets him a gig performing in the city's best nightclub. In the audience on the successful opening night is Chicago, Illinois nightclub owner and "businessman" King Marchand (James Garner), a macho male who falls in the love with the woman he sees on-stage, which doesn't sit well with his current girlfriend, Norma Cassady (Leslie Ann Warren). King is shocked to learn that that woman is a man named Count Grazinski. While King tries to reconcile his romantic feelings for "Victoria" (in truth, King doesn't truly believe the Count is a man), his business associates won't tolerate his change in sexual orientation. Although feeling emancipated being treated as a man, Victoria, as herself, in turn, falls in love with King. To pursue something with him as a woman would mean giving up this lucrative career. But the career may also come to an end in a jail term if the authorities find out that Victoria and Toddy have committed fraud in this impersonation.
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| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanBecause Edwards' cast so skillfully convinces us that his tightly controlled environments are loosely thrown together, the energy level of Victor/Victoria rarely flags. |
| VarietyVariety StaffVictor/Victoria is a sparkling, ultra-sophisticated entertainment from Blake Edwards. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatVictor/Victoria is an entertaining romantic comedy with an appealing light-heartedness. |
| Boston GlobeBruce McCabeDeprived of legitimate titillation, Victor/Victoria" comes off as another leaden Hollywood farce. |
| Associated PressBob ThomasVictor Victoria is a marvelous mixture of genders, a blatant attack on sexual attitudes that is both challenging and hilarious. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeGorgeous to look at, thoughtful, but marred by star Garner's insistene that he not appear gay |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldGender-bending musical farce; sexual content, profanity. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonEdwards odd reworking of his orginal German-language film garnered awards at the time but hasn't aged well. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyEdwards' enjoyable musical farce boasts terrific turns from Julie Andrews as a starving artist playing a man impersonating a woman, Garner as a Chicago gangster, Preston as the flamboyant gay friend, and Lesley Ann Warren as the perpetually horny floozie |
| User ReviewAdrianna BI absolutely love this movie. This was really Julie Andrews' farewell to musicals, and she was amazing! This movie is funny, has great music, and *gasp!* actually has a plot! =] |