IStillAmBig

To call it the funniest film of 2005 may be high praise, but believe me when I tell you it is well earned. Kudos to the creative team behind this effort for a job done not only well, but just about as perfectly as one could hope. The cast is uniformly outstanding, not a bad or even merely acceptable performance in the bunch - just outstanding! Production values on this made for cable flick put many higher budgeted theatrical releases to shame. You don't have to be a fan of musicals to enjoy this outrageous send up of the 1930's exploitation classic, you just have to have a sense of humor and an appreciation of broad social satire. One would have to be a pretty damn uptight right winger not to enjoy this film...Somehow I can't help feeling that even old G.W. Bush himself would get a giggle out of it - in secret, of course. Yep, it's THAT good! Shame they didn't release it theatrically first, as despite our current political climate (Or perhaps BECAUSE of it) this puppy would have been the sleeper hit of the Summer for sure! Again...It is THAT GOOD!!!

This program is MUST SEE viewing for anyone with an interest in the 1940's or WWII. To contrast the Hollywood movies of the period with the reality that English citizens were living through at the time is, frankly, a shock. Mrs. Miniver it was not! The family at the center of things take the experiment seriously and that's what makes it work. The entire series of "House" programs has been excellent, and this one is right up there with the best of them. Certainly makes you appreciate how well we have it today, and the people who fought to make it possible.

Every time I watch one of these programs, I come away more grateful than ever for the lifestyle I enjoy today. If I had children, this is definitely a program I would watch with them. I wish they had begun this series of programs when I was young as I feel strongly that while entertaining to watch, the lessons they have to teach make any of us at any age more aware of of how good we really have it.

It's well known that Camp is one of the hardest genres to pull off. When intentional, often it falls flat. Some of the best camp comedies are of the unintentional variety - think Valley of the Dolls or Showgirls and you get my drift. It's an elusive and tricky genre.

This puppy shoots for camp and scores 80% of the time. Surprisingly high production values, excellent performances and some memorable one liners make this spoof of the "Evil Mother - Good Twin/Bad Twin" flicks from the fifties thru the early seventies a real delight.

Lana, Joan, Bette and Susan Hayward would be proud. Or offended. Or both. Anyhow, thanks to Charles Busch, they live on.