The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Love Parade
Comedy · Romance · 1929
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying
Movie details
The Love Parade
“He sang himself into the Queen's boudoir! One kiss and the whole kingdom was his!”
1929 Comedy · Romance 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Love Parade?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Guy Bolton · Ernest Vajda
Maurice Chevalier
Count Alfred Renard
Jeanette MacDonald
Queen Louise
Lupino Lane
Jacques
Lillian Roth
Lulu
Eugene Pallette
Minister of War
E.H. Calvert
Sylvanian Ambassador
Edgar Norton
Master of Ceremonies
Court is in session
Put The Love Parade on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.