The Shop Around The Corner

As the plot has as many complications as characters, much of the fun comes in watching Scripter Samson Raphaelson neatly tangle and untangle them without tying himself in a hard knot.

Although picture carries the indelible stamp of Ernst Lubitsch at his best in generating humor and human interest from what might appear to be unimportant situations, it carries further to impress via the outstanding characterizations by Margaret Sullavan

This 1940 film is one of Ernst Lubitsch's finest and most enduring works, a romantic comedy of dazzling range.

Thoroughly different from To Be or Not To Be but just as exhilarating, it's one of the few films truly justifying Lubitsch's reputation for a 'touch.'

...a pretty kettle of bubbling brew it makes under Mr. Lubitsch's deft and tender management and with a genial company to play it gently, well this side of farce and well that side of utter seriousness.

The charm of the gimmick in Lubitsch's take is passed over quickly in favor of studying both its effects on those involved, as well as the dynamics of the workplace at large.

Nostalgic and charming romance with special moments in the extra-narrative action.

One of the greatest romantic comedies.

Wonderful period low-budget light romantic comedy taking place during the Depression among a few underpaid neurotics surviving in the workforce of a small notions store.

Entertaining to a fault, the film doesn't ignite the imagination in the way many other films of the period did.

Sure, the plot-turns are foreseeable, but the film's wit and perfectly gauged performances are undimmed delights.

Lubitsch demonstrates that romantic comedies, like popcorn, can be enjoyed salty as well as sweet.