Metropolitan is my New Year's Eve Tradition

     This year I got to celebrate a New Year's Eve tradition that I haven't been able to for many, many years. A movie, yes another holiday tradition of a movie. But what a wonderful movie. It's absolutely one of my favorites. If you haven't yet seen Metropolitan I highly recommend it. 

     I have so much I could say about it, but it's late and I really don't feel like doing a critique. Here's what Roger Ebert has to say about it. ...  I just read it, and it's not a bad review, but there's so much more that could be said about this film. For one, it's hilarious! Even though this is maybe the tenth time I've seen it, it kept me in stitches the whole time. I caught myself quoting many of the lines right along with them. The dialogue is a work of perfection. The insights are brilliant. It does a fantastic job of transporting you to a world you know must have really existed. (Although I would have never been invited.) The characters are so well defined. There are so many really poignant moments. That scene at the end where they're hitch-hiking home....
     There. I said I wasn't going to do a critique, and yet I've been gushing one. It was Whit Stillman's first film. I've seen his other's and they are good, but not as good as this one.  It's on Netflix right now.  If you haven't seen it yet, you really should.  On the other hand. I don't think this film is for everyone. The focus on New York socialites might not appeal to one and all, but if you can get past that, you're in for a real treat.