Bedtime Story (1964)

Title: Bedtime Story

Release-year: 1964

Producer: Stanley Shapiro

Director: Ralph Levy

Starring: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones)

Genre: Drama Comedy

Duration: 99 min

Sorry guys, it’s been some months now since last time I posted an article. It’s not that I’ve lost interest watching movies, for I’ve changed my discipline from film to animation and comic, but it’s just I’ve been so busy drawing, drawing, and drawing. Thus I haven’t watched any film either for months until yesterday. Bed Time Stories, starring Marlon Brando and David Niven.

The film has very good drama and comedy. Even my mother laughed at it. The story is really good, how these two guys, Marlon and David, try to oversmart each other with their tricks and scenarios, but eventually their tricks trapped themselves in a hard and delicate situation where they have to cover their fake identity while trying to get a women’s attention (Ms. Walker, played by Shirley Jones)

David Niven and Brando try to get Shirley Jones' attention

I also like the cartoonized way the director make the film. Especially Brando, the director, Ralph Levy, create a character that seem a little unrealistic, and at a dramatic moment he seem so exaggerated, making funny faces and weird gesture that people find on cartoon TV.

Brando's cartoonic acting

However, I must warn that the character, even though they are attractive, charismatic, interesting, and exciting, they both are not good people. They bet using human, they lie to get what they want, they do bad things all the time. I can’t remember they do any good deed during the film.

Overall, no doubt this is a very good film. I enjoy my time watching it.