My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

A Slight Case Of Murder (1938)

Edward G. Robinson stars in a comedy about a gangster that tries to go straight selling awful beer when Prohibition ends.  This is a charming screwball comedy with a host of hilarious character actors from muscle men trying to be the help, a wise ass orphan and a once moll turned devoted wife.  It's fast paced, silly and exactly what I was looking for when I ordered it through Netflix.  I can imagine that Mr. Robinson loved the idea of playing a gangster but in a comedy.  Grade: A- 
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