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...Unfaithfully Yours, Dudley Moore delivers his best comic performance to date, confirming that his bubbling talents in Arthur can sparkle even when his character doesn't guzzle champagne. Instead of playing the caricatured drunk (Arthur) or the caricatured sex conquistador (10), with Claude, Moore gives his most balanced characterization yet. Moore, an Oxford graduate degree holder in music and an accompolished jazz artist, plays the conductor comfortably and convincingly...
ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY CAST with the late Peter Sellers in the lead, Unfaithfully Yours works largely because of Moore's tremendous comic talent. Without resorting to the clownish absurdity of a Steve Martin or the profanity punctuated anger of a Richard Pryor. Moore delivers a comic performance rich in warmth and charisma. Even at slapstick, Moore delivers, pathetically catching his foot in a wall that he kicks in. In some jokes, you just have to be there, in Unfaithfully Yours, just Dudley Moore has to be there...
Several excellent supporting roles complete the comic balance. As his agent, Norman, Albert Brooks plays the perfect straight man for the dynamic Moore. In a riotous scene, a freshly released from jail Claude attacks Brooks in the police station. "Police, Police." Norman cries with blue suits literally everywhere. Richard Libertini as the manservant plays the clown character, forcing Moore to focus on his more diverse and definitely more interesting talents...
...comedy," Zieff says, "You are recruiting some body who already has the talent and the facility of delivering. All you, as a director, have to know is what you want and how to express it...." In this case, Zieff gives Moore enough room to reveal a wide range of comic talents without turning the movie into an extended stand-up routine...
...only look at Lena, never at me." And while each husband tries to trick the other into phony business deals, Lena and Madeline remain loyal friends. Kury, however, does not idealize the relationship between Lena and Madeline. Rather, she depicts their competitiveness and occasional selfishness in an almost comic manner, making the film a realistic portrayal of friendship...