IMDB Summary: Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall star in this mid-50’s romantic comedy about “gold diggers” in their mid-20’s attempting to marry rich. Lauren Bacall plays Schatze Page, the mastermind of their girl group who has been burned by marrying a poor man before. Marilyn Monroe plays Pola, who is afraid men won’t like her for having glasses. Betty Grable plays Loco, and she can seduce men casually at the grocery store and I am SO ENVIOUS OF HER FOR THAT.
Like I said before, this is a total romantic comedy. Probably one of the first in the genre, which I totally award props for that. It’s really subtle humor, and sometimes it’s laughing at the expense of one of the girls being naïve, so I’m not in love with that, but this movie is nonetheless hilarious. By no means does this film qualify as cinematic merit for me. It has really great dialogue, and the acting is pretty good, but I’m just not completely in love with it. It’s understandable to watch it as a pure form of entertainment, like most in that time period. I’m not a huge Monroe fan, but I adore Bacall every once in awhile. As for Grable, I really am not familiar with her other films, but I was pleasantly surprised. They all seemed equal in talent and screen time for this particular movie.
Millionaire was entertaining, it’s also on Netflix if you’re staying home tonight and feel like watching ridiculously gorgeous women do relatively funny things. It’s a really OK film for me. I would recommend this to people who also liked Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, or maybe Bridget Jones’ Diary.
Rate:5/10
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