To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

Genres - Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama, War  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy Drama  |   Release Date - Dec 16, 1983  |   Run Time - 107 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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James Kirk

January 30, 2024

It is hard for this film to be bad since for the most part, it is a carbon copy with exact dialogues, even exact positioning of scenes from the original of 1942. With such a brilliant film forming as the base, it's hard to go wrong if you don't deviate much. This film, atleast in my version, only deviated in two parts from the original: the arrest of her dresser and the useless ending. I do not yet understand why they changed the ending considering that adding those extra characters added no value to the film.

Acting is of less parity compared to the older one with the lead actor playing a far better role in that. The film tries to make one emotional in one particular scene with it's sombre sound score but fails miserably. It isn't a bad film but there is no reason to see such a horribly unoriginal version when a far superior one already exists.

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