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If you’re a fan of Bergman’s works about psychological abuse, personal trouble and disintegrating relationships, this film is definitely not for you. But it reaches a hand across to his unhurried work, sharing a kind of sunlit-but-shadowed atmosphere that’s both in the physical environment, and in the people he displays. Less stiff than Bergman’s other early attempts at humor (The Devil’s Stye, for example), the storyline is inspiring, the characters absorbing and all-too-human; and the outdoors scenes really bring some life to a director who was all too easily stagebound. There are few outright laughs in this film, but a astronomical many smiles and a warm willingness to embrace humanity with all its flaws.
Definitely a film to cherish, and one that bears repeated viewing. I’d keep it fairly cessation to Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal for its success at creating a film with a recent tone and attitude, in which all the parts contribute magnificently to the whole.
“Smiles of a Summer Night” is probably one reason why Bergman hasn’t made particularly many comedies, even though this is a great award-winner. This film is not at all poor – I would give it 9/10 stars for remaining enthralling throughout, but had the script–or rather, SOME LINES–been adapted or dramatized a bit, this epic could easily have been presented as another one of Bergman’s “philosophical dramas;” Russian roulette, suicide, and adultery (mistresses and wives meeting under social circumstances) are a few of the ingredients for this summer – this might not sound very worthy like typical 1955 comedy ingredients, but my laughs weren’t always silent; at times I felt highly amused, and I can survey how he did pull off something unique in cinema with this film, but Bergman certainly has more talent in making movies that probably shouldn’t be presented in their opening as “a romantic comedy,” though there is a nice and warm vibe to this exceptional film. I doubt that it will disappoint any dedicated Bergman fan, or that this edition will disappoint any costumer, as Criterion rarely fail at restoring veteran pictures.
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