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If you haven't seen this movie it is essential you rent it tonight! It is so clever, so witty, and so generally entertaining that I spent half of my childhood watching this movie. I know pretty much every word and every song and am proud of it!

First of all, Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene are outstanding and perfect for each other as their bumbling characters. Ellen especially stole my heart in the "Somewhere That's Green" sequence---her voice is so real for her character. And Moranis is hilarious as always.

Also great are Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, Christopher Guest, and especially Bill Murray as the masochistic yet pleasured-by-dental work patient. And the trio of girls who serve as the narrator in true theatrical fashion are great!

This movie is one of a kind and I recommend it to everyone, old and young! It has no age limits---everyone is a child at heart!

Come on, cut this film some slack! I mean this is no "Music Man" or "the Sound of Music" but it is a lot better than some movie musicals I have seen! There is absolutely nothing wrong with Lucy's performance as the ever-cheerful but bumbling Mame Dennis. I think she creates her own world to the character! The songs are very bouncy and appropriate for every scene! Jerry herman's finest score is not wasted in the least!

Of course, one of the best parts to this film (and one which we don't see enough of) is the irreplacable Bea Arthur as Vera Charles! ("Who's been sleeping in my dress?") She recreates her Tony-winning stage role with every ounce of charm in her soul. Other supporting shiners include Jane Connell as Agnes Gooch and Robert Preston as, umm, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside.

There is very little I don't like about this movie. it is a camp classic by this point and should start being regarded a little more highly because it deserves it!

The title of this movie makes it sound like some kind of child's movie where some little old woman has a series of events in a strange town. Well, it is all true, but I don't know if children would find this story as touching as it is.

Ada Harris wants to buy a Dior dress and "scrimps and saves and slaves" for three years to get it. But upon arrival in Paris to buy a dress from "Dior's dress Shop", she begins to encounter all sorts of mishaps, including the Dior director who refuses to let her have a dress because she is common.

To get these out of the way, there are many parts of this film that are unbelievable. For instance, it supposedly takes place in 1953 but there are many scenes in the film where it seems like modern times. It is also highly bloody unlikely that that many things could happen to the same woman and her naivete, while being likely, is overcome way too easily in the film, but that's HOLLYWOOD!

But every little petty detail in this film can be easily overlooked by the delightful presence of Angela Lansbury! She is just absolutely terrific in a role that, while supposed to be lightly entertaining and kind of frivolous, she makes touch your heart. She is so wonderful and makes you feel so sorry for this old lady!

And then she is backed by a wonderful supporting cast, most wonderfully, Diana Rigg, as the show director at Dior, as well as the characters of Natasha, Andre, and, of course, Omar Sharif as the Marquis who befriends Mrs. 'Arris.

Fan of Lansbury or not, you cannot go wrong with this movie and you will love it!