Fresh
Victor/Victoria is a sparkling, ultra-sophisticated entertainment from Blake Edwards.
Variety Staff, Variety
Victor/Victoria
The disguise surprise comedy of the year!
1982 · 2h 14m · PG
Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Blake Edwards
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Victor/Victoria
Overview
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Director and cast
- Blake Edwards Director
- Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski
- James Garner as King Marchand
- Robert Preston as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd
- Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassady
- Alex Karras as 'Squash' Bernstein
- John Rhys-Davies as Andre Cassell
- Graham Stark Cast
- Malcolm Jamieson Cast
- Peter Arne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not only a funny movie, but, unexpectedly, a warm and friendly one.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Victor/Victoria is so good, so exhilarating, that the only depressing thing about it is the suspicion that Mr. Edwards is going to have a terrible time trying to top it.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Blake Edwards's 1982 sex comedy has the most beautiful range of tones of any American film of its period: it is a work of dry wit, high slapstick, black despair, romantic warmth, and penetrating intelligence.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Don't miss this one. It sends sparks.
Time Out
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