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  Review by Roberto_ ★★★ 1

  "i'm very sorry count d'algout, it is most embarrassing, but the lady you brought with you tonight is spreading communist propaganda in the powder room!"

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 7

  The difference between comfort and luxury is an important distinction when discussing the distinction between life under socialism and life under capitalism. Having what you need, not having to worry about dying of treatable disease, starving to death, losing your job, losing your home, or being subjected to racist, sexist state violence is basic comfort that was and is available under socialism in most socialist states. Billions are provided with basic necessities. They might not have access to mansions, Mercedes, and Moet, but they have what they need. (For the most part--invasion by capitalists and fascists, natural disasters, and sanctions imposed by capitalists do cause disruptions, but the state does its best to support the people during these times.)

  Capitalism…

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  Review by Sara Clements ★★★★½

  get you a gal that spreads communistic propaganda in the powder room!!

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  Review by Madelyn 🎃 ★★★★

  No, Greta Garbo, don't become a capitalist, you're so sexy, aha

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  Review by cassandra ★★★★★ 5

  An Ernst Lubitsch directed, Billy Wilder written, Greta Garbo starring romantic comedy satirizing the Soviet Union under Stalin. Absolutely incredible and an instant favorite.

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  Review by eely ★★★½

  the poster makes it seem like greta garbo is astral projecting which is fitting because that’s exactly what I did every time she was on screen.

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  Review by phoebe 💫 ★★★★★ 1

  when will a french count fall in love with me after telling him "your kind will soon be extinct" at a crosswalk...I've tried so many times

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  Review by Zā ★★★★½ 3

  The power of Garbo makes me gayer every day

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  Review by Filipe Furtado ★★★★ 2

  Western society corrupts everything. There's a little too much mediocre Brackett/Wilder stuff on the sidelines for this to qualify as first tier Lubitsch, but every scene between Garbo and Douglas is a joy and the film just knows how to explore our expectations about Garbo and she modulates her performance beautifully to match it.

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  Review by theriverjordan ★★★★½ 5

  Its incredible that Arnold Schwarzenegger based his entire style of acting off one Greta Garbo performance from 1939. 

  Director Ernst Lubitsch’s least tactful and least subtle film; “Ninotchka;” about a perpetually grumpy Soviet envoy (Garbo) sent to turn-of-the-century Paris, hits its punchlines like a communist armed with a sickle goes to a cornfield. Lining the up and cutting them down; one after the other, the jokes come without a whisper between them. 

  It’s no wonder; the script was penned by Billy Wilder. “Ninotchka” has the brute force of Wilder’s self-directed later output, and feels more like his film than one by Lubitsch. 

  I’m not going to lodge a complaint though. To take a turn from the Soviet Ninotchka herself, it’s…

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  Review by PUNQ ★★★★½

  The idea of "Garbo Laughs" is so wrong! Which is why this is among the greatest things I've ever seen!

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  Review by Graham ★★★★½

  Directed by a German, screenplay by an American starring a Swede playing a Russian, based in France. With that melting pot as a launchpad, this politically charged 30s comedy was always set for success and is still a breath of fresh air after all these years.

  For me though, this film is all Greta Garbo. A performance that captures a mood, a time and an actress so in demand that it would be easy to become stale but she just kept churning out these great performances despite her own inner demons.

  Reading a little of her back story that came to light years later reveals a sad and lonely soul underneath all the gloss and outward confidence created by the…