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Thin Man, The (1934) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Thin Man, The (1934) a score of 3.2377 out of 4

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Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

Beautifully shallow, sophisticated and smart. The Thin Man is pure slapstick noir. ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

eFilmCritic Reviews

About 15 years before his death in 1992, I met Samuel Marx, a cousin of the Marx Brothers who had at one time been head of the story department at MGM. He said that the two things he was most proud of doing during his tenure at the studio were ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews

Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

William Powell as Nick is witty, urbane and polished with a touch of the common man. He knows how to treat a lady but also seems to have a somewhat violent and mysterious past. ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

The print looks very sharp except when the film itself is out of focus and the sound is acceptable. In case the stories blur together in your head, this is the one about the scientist who disappears after his mistress is murdered. Not every actor and ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Daily-Reviews (Mike Pinsky)

In The Thin Man, cool means charm. ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Daily-Reviews (Mike Pinsky)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

Not just a classic detective story, but a wonderfully droll screwball comedy featuring one of moviedom's greatest teams: William Powell, Myrna Loy, and, of course, the wire-haired terrier Asta. ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

Collector's Corner (Wes Marshall)

Imagine living in the United States in 1934. People had been suffering through the Depression for five years. After 18 dry years, the US citizenry had repealed Prohibition in 1933. Folks wanted to escape the day-to-day hardships of their lives and they ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Collector's Corner (Wes Marshall)

Jake and Boomer's Classic Movie Reviews (Jake and Boomer)

The Thin Man is a stylish, well crafted comedy mystery. It is a fairly straightfrward mystery. Someone has killed Clyde Wynant's secretary/lover, Julia Wolf, and suspects abound. Did Wynant himself do it? How about Wynant's ex-wife, Mrs. Jorgenson? How ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Jake and Boomer's Classic Movie Reviews (Jake and Boomer)

Crazy for Cinema

One of all time favorite classic films, where men and men, woman are pretty and everyone enjoys a good stiff drink at the end of the day...or whenever there's a break in the action. A much-beloved detective series in the 30s and early 40s starring the ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Crazy for Cinema

Brilliant Observations on 1492 Films (Clayton Trapp)

William Powell lives the good life with Myrna Loy, charms the hotel staff, knocks out bad guys, throws glorious parties, and solves mysteries, all between drinks. A true renaissance man, it's a pity he shows no interest in playing an instrument. There ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1492 Films (Clayton Trapp)

Movie Mirror

Based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett, a retired detective and his wife cleverly solve three murders that have sent the police astray. Dorothy (Maureen O'Sullivan) tells her father Wynant (Edward Ellis) she is getting married. Inventor Wynant gets ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Movie Mirror

At-A-Glance Film Reviews

William Powell and Myrna Loy made a great deal of films together. Most of them were great fun, and this series of comedy/mysteries adapted from Dashiell Hammett's novels, is no exception. The first entry in the series is a little more serious (and a ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews

Moda Mag (Kage Alan)

Audiences in 1934 needed something fresh on the screen. There were all sorts of pictures to choose from, but the mysteries were tired and the formulas worn thin. Director W.S. Van Dyke soon found himself helming what was supposed to amount to a "B" ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Moda Mag (Kage Alan)

Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews

I love this movie! Nick and Nora are fun and wonderful and very good at irritating each other. It's a refreshing comedy/mystery that really does withstand time. ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews

Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)

Granted, The Thin Man was not a Warner Bros. movie to begin with, but rather ,made under the aegis of MGM. But since Warner Bros. now owns the MGM back catalogue, the studio is essentially the keeper of the flame for those films that made the latter ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)

KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)

Academy Nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (W.S. Van Dyke), and Actor (William Powell) Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, "The Thin Man" was briskly completed on a low-budget by director W.S. Van Dyke (aka "One Take Woody"), an old ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)

DVDTown (John J. Puccio)

Novelist Dashiell Hammett is generally regarded as the father of the modern, hard-boiled detective story ("The Maltese Falcon," "Red Harvest," "The Dain Curse"), but not everyone remembers that he also invented one of fiction's most debonair, ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at DVDTown (John J. Puccio)

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

William Powell is to dialogue as Fred Astaire is to dance. His delivery is so droll and insinuating, so knowing and innocent at the same time, that it hardly matters what he's saying. That's certainly the case in "The Thin Man" (1934), a murder mystery ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

filmcritic.com

You can save yourself the trouble of sending me hate mail, I already know what you're gonna say. The Thin Man, produced way back in 1934, just isn't that funny any more. The jokes are worn to the bone, the plot setup has been reworked into oblivion, and ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at filmcritic.com

The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film

The Thin Man (1934) is the first installment of a popular series of films casting a sophisticated, glamorous, pleasure-seeking, and urbane husband-wife detective team (William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles). Director W.S. Van Dyke had ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film

Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

he Thin Man - a much heralded and critically acclaimed film - is certainly worth a look, but it's not quite the classic it's been made out to be. Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy), a couple of drunks, are assigned to discover who murdered an ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

You can save yourself the trouble of sending me hate mail, I already know what you're gonna say. The Thin Man, produced way back in 1934, just isn't that funny any more. The jokes are worn to the bone, the plot setup has been reworked into oblivion, and f ...read the complete Thin Man movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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