Laughter in Paradise (1951) :
Brief Review -
British Cinema's PARADISE of Classic Comedy! Shakespeare must be taking notes for "Comedy Of Errors" in Heaven from its screenplay. We have often heard that comedy is very difficult, especially when it comes to writing and screenwriting. The writing part is still a bit easier because it gets the basic things done with fewer difficulties. Well, the screenwriting is more difficult because you have to expand the characters, situations, properties, and especially humour written in the main story. Many people fail there, and that's why even some of the good-written comedies have been wasted. Now here's an example that can be studied and worshipped by screenplay writers. You have a good script that suits the comedy genre, and then you make it even better with your screenplay so that people will have no complaints at all about the on-paper material. Laughter in Paradise is truly a Paradise of screenplay writing in the comedy genre. Shakespeare gave us the comedy of errors centuries ago, and we have been living on it for years. With Laughter in Paradise, British cinema showed that you don't have to copy Shakespeare's literature to create a great example of a "comedy of errors" or errorsful comedy. The main idea in the film is funny, but the screenplay is just CRAZY! Every situation is planted so smartly with mad humour. All those four characters make errors, and what great errors! They all have human angles attached to them, and that's why it looks genuinely funny and timeless, and it's hysterical too. Now tell me, how many times do we get this combination in the comedy genre that doesn't have a bland slapstick theme or outrageous characters? There is a little bit of a Frank Capra touch to this movie, and those who know Capra's comedies/rom-coms will notice it somewhere towards the end. There's everything in this film to recommend, and believe me, it has more than some of your so-called cult comedies from the 70s and 80s in Hollywood and Bollywood.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
British Cinema's PARADISE of Classic Comedy! Shakespeare must be taking notes for "Comedy Of Errors" in Heaven from its screenplay. We have often heard that comedy is very difficult, especially when it comes to writing and screenwriting. The writing part is still a bit easier because it gets the basic things done with fewer difficulties. Well, the screenwriting is more difficult because you have to expand the characters, situations, properties, and especially humour written in the main story. Many people fail there, and that's why even some of the good-written comedies have been wasted. Now here's an example that can be studied and worshipped by screenplay writers. You have a good script that suits the comedy genre, and then you make it even better with your screenplay so that people will have no complaints at all about the on-paper material. Laughter in Paradise is truly a Paradise of screenplay writing in the comedy genre. Shakespeare gave us the comedy of errors centuries ago, and we have been living on it for years. With Laughter in Paradise, British cinema showed that you don't have to copy Shakespeare's literature to create a great example of a "comedy of errors" or errorsful comedy. The main idea in the film is funny, but the screenplay is just CRAZY! Every situation is planted so smartly with mad humour. All those four characters make errors, and what great errors! They all have human angles attached to them, and that's why it looks genuinely funny and timeless, and it's hysterical too. Now tell me, how many times do we get this combination in the comedy genre that doesn't have a bland slapstick theme or outrageous characters? There is a little bit of a Frank Capra touch to this movie, and those who know Capra's comedies/rom-coms will notice it somewhere towards the end. There's everything in this film to recommend, and believe me, it has more than some of your so-called cult comedies from the 70s and 80s in Hollywood and Bollywood.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.