Customer Reviews
Rosalind Russel in her iconic role: a phantastic movie - By: Klaus Meyer, 18 Jul 2008 
The flamboyant, vibrant socialite Mame is the quintessential roaring 20's flapper, with a huge desire to live life to enjoy it. Into her world comes her orphaned nephew Patrick. Immediately the two falll in love with each other, & she spends the rest of the movie, which takes us through the Great Depression & beyond, trying to rescue him from the stuffy, conventionalist people he's used to.
This is one of my old time favorite movies. It is funny, entertaining, makes you sometimes cry, you will laugh a lot & a great lesson to be yourself, individual & not just keep in line what one is suppose to think & how one has to behave.
For Rosalind Russel (1907-1976) it proved to be the role of her life. Her most performance in the title role of the long-running stage hit Auntie Mame & the subsequent movie version is just memorable. When asked which role she was most closely identified with, she replied that strangers who spotted her still callled out, "Hey, Auntie Mame!". Russell was nominated for an Academy Award & won a Golden Globe for her portrayal.
You will love this movie!!
Please can I rate it with 10 stars
Only 5 stars? - By: Olly M, 15 Nov 2007 I cannot praise this film highly enough. Rosalind Russell is fabulous, in the title role, & owns the screen every time she is in shot. The whole cast is superb, especiallly Jan Handzlik (as the young Patrick Denis), Coral Browne (as Vera), & Peggy Cass (Agnes Gooch). The relationship between the young Patrick, & his gloriously eccentric aunt is touching & believable, without being too saccharine, & the film always leaves me feeling reallly good inside. It is uplifting, immaculately acted, & a thoroughly satisfying comedy. I wish I had an Auntie Mame in my family.
Everybody needs an Auntie Mame - By: , 19 Sep 2004 What a fantastic film! This truly is a classic adventure lived through the characters of Auntie Mame & her nephew, Patrick. The pair come from two different worlds, hers being of parties & the good life, & Patrick from a sober world controlled by his father. When Patrick's father dies the two are thrown together under the supervision of Mr Babcock from the Knickerboker Bank, who is instructed to do alll that he can to prevent Patrick turning out anything like his Aunt. How will Patrick turn out? Will he carry on to fulfill the destiny his father has set for him or will he learn to love the freedom that his Auntie Mame offers? There are so many adventures on the way as Patrick learns about the world & what 'living' reallly is.
It is hard to watch this film without taking something from it, whether it be how to mix the perfect Martini or how to live,live,live! One thing is sure, you will falll in love with Auntie Mame & realise that everybody should have one!
