To me, this movie is perfection.

How sad is this?

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

A classic romp in so many ways. The cast, writing and performances are fresh and funny as the day they were filmed. Some of the dialogue is a reflection of the era, but will not be lost on 21st century ears. No political correctness here, everyone drinks too much and has fun doing it. "Nora: How do you feel? Nick: Terrible. I must have gone to bed sober." Young or old film buffs will enjoy the entire Thin Man series, but I think this and the second in the series are the best.

The Thin ManThe hardest part of being single at Christmas is figuring out what gift to get your sex doll.Luckily, the couple in this whodunit can verbally communicate their wish list to each other.When ex-gumshoe Nick Charles (William Powell) and his heiress wife Nora (Myrna Loy), along with their faithful terrier Asta, head to NYC for the holidays the last thing they expect to do is solve a murder. But when a client's daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) asks him to find her missing father, Nick has no choice but to help when a decomposed body turns up.The first episode in the long-running film series based on Dashiell Hammett's fast-talking, hard-drinking, crime solving couple of independent means, this initial installment is a triumph, not only in its sleuthing but in the chemistry between Charles'.Incidentally, sticking a suspect's tongue to a frozen pole is a good way to get a confession. Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

I found the sequence of four movies woefully inadequate. They seemed awfully dated, awfully thin story line. The dog, Aster, was the best actor. Myrna Loy was pretty in that unusual way we want in pretty woman. But the story lines seemed drawn out for no good reason, making the story lag; and the crimes seemed predictable with predictable solutions. Dialogue was strong and humorous and brought a little sparkle to the films. I was surprised that the films were essentially centered in San Francisco, which I did not realize. Yes, Coit Tower is visible from the Western span of the Bay Bridge. William Powell played the role for laughs and I'm not sure that didn't detract from the movie; Monk found himself in absurd situations of the crime, but played his perplexity straight; William Powell seemed to be playing for laughs. But since there was such thin story line, it really didn't matter. As a matter of film history, they were interesting; as material borrowed from Dashiell Hammet's book--The Thin Man--they were of interest. But they certainly were not 'classic' Hollywood, just 'of interest' Hollywood.

William Powell and Myrna Loy, will I ever get bored of watching these two? I wish I could possess the wit and charm of William Powell, someone who can still remain classy and have a way with words even when inebriated (which is often). I wish I could be married to a woman like Myrna Loy. For Nick and Nora Charles being married is just one crazy murder mystery solving adventure after another! With so many movies in which marriage is a hindrance, here are two people who reveal in being married without the worry of children (for now anyway). I find myself jealous at these two for their existence of seemingly never-ending fun. It's no wonder audiences of the 1930's where attracted to these escapist fantasies in their droves. Sometimes a man and a woman with impeccable chemistry is all you need for cinematic greatness.The Thin Man gave birth to Myrna Loy receiving the label "the perfect wife". Loy disliked this label but it's not hard to see why see got such a reputation. She seems too perfect to exist like she was conjured out of the mindsets of what heavenly actress should be. It's not all just Nick and Nora though, there is an entertaining supporting cast including the Wynet family, the classic screwball comedy troupe of the odd ball family. It's not My Man Godfrey levels but they are a bunch of nuts, with my favourite being the wannabe criminologist who is the polar opposite of the suave Nick Charles. The Thin Man is a fairly inexpensive feature but shows how you can do so much with so little. The sequels had larger budgets and never captured the feeling or the intimacy of the first film. The scene in which Nick and his dog Asta go sleuthing by themselves in an inventor's laboratory is almost entirely silent, features gorgeous noir cinematography and has me breathless watching the whole thing; setting the stage for the shady noir world of the 1940's. I've seen The Thin Man several times and I still don't understand the plot yet that doesn't make the movie any less engaging. Rather is makes me want to watch the film again in hopes that I eventually will understand the plot.