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Song of the Thin Man

For all the talk of the leads getting old, they look fine. Likewise for remarks that this is a mediocre entry in the series. I wish that the final installment of Indiana Jones was this mediocre. The humor is still wonderfully cynical and fresh. The idea that a movie in the 40s promotes the idea that the respectable are awful, and that hoodlums come in degrees of respectability is a delight. It's a great idea that frees the movies from convention and from conventional leads. The plot advances numerous times via visuals. Listening to the audio while distracted by something else won't do. Some very nice noir compositions will make you glad you kept an eye on it. The conflict between a father and daughter seems to have one eye on 'The Big Sleep' from the previous year.

Enjoyable final Thin Man film with Mr. and Mrs. Charles investigating the death of a jazz musician. Of the three Thin Man movies I've seen, I don't think I ever really was able to follow the convoluted mystery plots, not because they were beyond me, but because I didn't care much. I find them rather uninteresting. But William Powell and Myrna Loy are both so wonderful, and their chemistry so perfect that the films are never less than fun to watch. I enjoyed this one quite a bit, especially the jazz music that accompanies the plot. The supporting cast is excellent, especially Keenan Wynn, who gives a hilarious performance as a jive-talking clarinetist. It's very amusing watching Nick and Nora trying to understand his hip slang. Wynn is definitely the highlight of the picture. There are a lot of beautiful female co-stars as well, including Gloria Grahame, Patricia Morison, and Bess Flowers. 7/10.

Good mystery comedy movie that was certainly carried by the lead stars.The production was average and the script was not as good as the previous THIN MAN films.Still delivers the basics of the genre though so if you are a fan of the THIN MAN films or a big fan of comedy mysteries or a big fan of the lead stars here,you will like this movie......

While I enjoyed this final THIN MAN movie, I've gotta admit that it was far less enjoyable than the first few entries in this series. Maybe the actors were getting tired or the writers had writer's block--but the movie just lacked the most important factor for a THIN MAN movie--FUN! Yes, some of the wonderful banter between Nick and Nora was present (particularly when Nora talks "jive"), but only here and there--not nearly as often or as hilarious as in previous films. And, unfortunately, the plot also is pretty convoluted (though I must admit that plot is NOT the primary reason people watched the films--it was the characters). Also, their son, played by Dean Stockwell, was never developed as a character and, Frankly, Nick and Nora seemed like TERRIBLE parents. Oh well, despite all these complaints, it still is a pretty good film--slightly better than average but that's really about all.

Did Nick and Nora's swan song, "Song Of The Thin Man," try just a tad too hard to be hip and cool? Yep. You know what that means? It means, so what? It means that what many consider the least popular of the Thin Man movie is still better than most. For Nick and Nora's final bit of sleuthing and their first in a couple years (since the wonderful Thin Man Goes Home), they enter the ultra-hip, ultra-cool, slanged-out world of jazz, courtesy of their tour guide, reed-man Keenan Wynn, who couldn't put together a sentence of straight Queen's English to save his shoe bottom (soul). Who killed the band leader? All I can say is, it wasn't Nick or Nora or Asta. By 1947, William Powell's waistline has expanded slightly and Myrna Loy long ago gave up the sheer, slinky gowns that had us all drooling, but they can still cut it, rug and all. Were six Thin Man movies enough? Not for me.