For anyone who thinks they don�t like musicals I�m positive this film will change your mind. The upbeat, cleverly scripted songs will have you tapping your feet and humming the tunes in the shower for days after. Little Shop is a black comedy which tells the story of Seymour Krelborn, an assistant in a florists shop, and his unlucky life. His whole life changes when he buys a strange plant during a total eclipse. The florists shop suddenly increases its business just by having the plant in the window but Seymour discovers the only way to feed the plant is to give it human blood. As the plant grows, the more blood it needs, so Seymour has to find ways of obtaining it.
The puppetry effects are really good for an 80s film and surprisingly the cannibalistic plant is a little scary! The plot may sound a little unfeasible, but you�ll be gripped from the opening credits! I won�t tell you how it ends (I was possibly a little disappointed) but I will say that there was another ending filmed which was changed just before release for the sensitive American public. You�ll have to see the film to guess the other ending (or check it out on the web!).
I�d never come across Ellen Greene before this film, she�s mainly acted in stage musicals, but you can�t help but love pretty-but-stupid Audrey, who Seymour is hopelessly in love with. Rick Moranis plays his hapless character brilliantly and really appeals to your sympathetic side. Steve Martin plays Audrey�s sadistic boyfriend who also happens to be a dentist addicted to nitrous oxide, and his song �Dentist� is one of the funniest sequences in the film. Bill Murray adds a hilarious touch to an already humorous plot. With cameos from James Belushi and John Candy, it�s no surprise this film was so big in America.
Although many songs have been removed from the original stage show and others added it just makes the film even more fun than the show. Frank Oz�s direction is great the fact that 3 girls appear to pop up from nowhere to tell us what�s going on makes it one of the best musical films ever made. |
