The Matchmaker Reviews
AJ V
Super Reviewer
July 1, 2011
This play should probably stick to the theatre. Either that or they could have used a different director. This movie is very predictable on top of feeling like a play and how stupid everything the characters did seemed. Sometimes I found a bit of fun in a scene, and I thought Perkins and Morse were real cute, but other than that, this is pretty dull. If you really like romantic comedies, you may enjoy this more than I did, though.
jjnxn
Super Reviewer
April 11, 2007
interesting to see Hello Dolly without music and some of the performers are better then in the other film particularly Shirley MacLaine but don't go out of your way.
Jennifer X
Super Reviewer
January 10, 2008
Shirley Maclaine has solidified her role as my favorite 60s cutie. This is an adorable movie that knows how adorable it is, what with the audience narration and everything. Charm doesn't make the story any more dimensional, however, and I don't think Anthony Perkins will ever shake the typecast of creeper off him after Psycho.
Megan S
Super Reviewer
July 19, 2007
It was cute. We rented it because we had seen the play at a local theater (not the musical). It wasn't as good as the play. I think it makes more sense when the characters talk to the audience in a play than when they do it in a movie.
Marion R
Super Reviewer
May 10, 2009
Meh, It was interesting in one sense, but I was bored during most of the characters monologues.
May 20, 2007
A cute little comedy that shows Anthony Perkins' comedic side. A delightful change from the Psycho series, he and the other stars give good comedic performances that leave you laughing from amusement in a good way.
jazza923
January 5, 2009
Talky but entertaining adaptation of the stage play. Shirley Booth is terrific as Dolly, the rest of the cast is unmemorable. The art direction and costumes are decent.
