Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT.....:

The Best Picture of 1931-2 "Grand Hotel" deserved it's Oscar and deserves it's place in history as a forerunner of star-studded films to come. The cast alone is worth watching the film for. But the film stands on it's own as well and is smoothly done considering the intertwining stories of various people whose paths (and fates) cross in that posh Berlin establishment. Greta Garbo as a depressed ballerina is one reason to see this but there's John and Lionel Barrymore in great roles, Joan Crawford as an... more info

Grand But Depressing:

I'm breaking a rule here. I usually write a review for lesser known vintage films to help them out but shun the big name classics. Looking at the boatload of reviews for GRAND HOTEL confirms my policy until I realized that nobody seemed to mention the one distinction that first time viewers will catch in the first five minutes - it's very depressing!

I enjoy this film because I'm a big John Barrymore fan and it's neat to see him with his brother Lionel. But if you feel in need of a Prozac, then don't... more info

A 5-star Movie in a 3-star DVD package:

The extra features on this DVD edition are highly desirable -- get the DVD for the features, but get a recent VHS tape for a better print. The DVD release is so grainy it's fuzzy and often seems out-of-focus. Contrast is murky is many scenes. In one specific scene: when Joan Crawford enters a dark room and discovers Beery standing over the baron's corpse; the grim heaviness of the textures and depth of shadows, the stark horror on Crawford's face -- these are lost in the fuzzy grain of the DVD but are... more info

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