Genevieve

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Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 22, 2026 I hated Genevieve on the first run. The second trip down to Brighton, however, and I fell in love with the old banger. It just felt too quaint the first time around. In fact, the comedy is quite salty (and saucy), when you pay attention. It is a piquant little British movie. Two vintage car owners take part in a parade of vehicles that travel from London to Brighton. Overnight they quarrel. The following day they race back to London, a high stakes dash back to the capital. There is also marital and romantic discord to cope with, and the various hazards of the road. And what happens when they start playing dirty tricks on each other? The movie could prove useful and interesting for connoisseurs of the male/female dynamic. Both sexes give as good as they get, no simping or simpering. By today's standard the men of the 1950s were far more robust. The really shocking element is the ice cream portions: those are larges?! How mean! See more Noel L @RT15930389 Apr 6, 2026 This felt like a live action version of the tortoise and the hare story See more Leaburn @RT35452347 Jan 17, 2023 This film was very average 🤏 See more isla s @RT89656869 Sep 3, 2022 This film is quite funny in parts and certainly harks back to a different time, given it dates from the 1950s. Some comments made had me cringing a little as they seemed a bit sexist (such as assuming the wife would have no interest in cars or driving and so on) but there's nothing graphically rude, there are some mildly saucy references, one or two mentions literally of making love and thats about it. I quite liked the wife, Wendy McKim, who was quite prepared to stand up for herself. As an aside/note, its said in this film that in days gone by you used to have to go to a chemists to buy petrol for a car and that you had to be accompanied by a man waving a red flag before it was legal to drive. I suppose that must have been the case in the late 1800s and early 1900s - those were obviously different times indeed!. There's also a lovely trumpet solo played by one of the female characters - I certainly enjoyed that. An example of the dialogue includes - 'my dear girl, when that car gets started, you'll be intoxicated by the exuberance of your own velocity!' you don't hear things like that these days, do you(?!) charming indeed... The comedy is mostly visual/slapstick based. There's a strong theme of competitiveness present, including in relation to the women the men are involved with. The men come across as grown up kids, having arguments and being annoyed at the littlest thing, their seemingly quite petty. I enjoyed seeing how the women responded to certain situations, how their stood up for themselves etc. Suffice to say there are plenty of domestic tiffs present. I'd say the women come off as the more intellectual, reasonable people overall. Would I recommend it?. Watching the film, I distinctly found it amusing, it entertained me for the hour and a half running time and so I'd recommend it on that basis. See more William L @RT77267842 Dec 3, 2020 If you had to put a single word to this film, it would be something along the lines of 'genial'; a very British blending of politeness and amiability coupled with a love of the conservative and slightly old-fashioned. The particular unrelenting and somewhat prudish patriotism that the film celebrates is only reinforced by a bit of production trivia - the script originally called for a pair of early British vehicles (as opposed to their ultimate Dutch and French substitutes), but no British collector could be located who wold subject their precious vehicles to such potential abuse, so strong was their affinity for them! There are melodramatic elements that never seem to really land quite as well (including musing on past indiscretions that are rather unresolved by the film's end), and the comedy is far from sharp (more 'sensible chuckle' territory), so I can hardly call the film an unqualified success, but can understand why its peculiarities would appeal to someone with an affinity for the romanticized idea of Old England. Just to clarify how English these characters are: when competing in a race that risks the majority of their life savings, a couple refuses to speed off rather than break a conversation with a polite random passersby. (3/5) See more John L @view2views Sep 30, 2016 Genevieve defines the meaning of 'charming'; quiet simply charming! See more Read all reviews

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