BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . geography bee flunk-out "Katherine Constance 'Kay' Elliott" asks her working stiff crush "Alan Ward" toward the end of THE NAUGHTY FLIRT. This flick is just another example of the Doomsday Prophecies emanating from the always eponymous Warner Bros. during the 1900s. Warner trots out THE NAUGHTY FLIRT to warn us of the sorry days in which fraudulent White House occupants will get away with placing America's most sacred duties into the incompetent fumbling hands of their trust-fund kiddies such as "Buy Her Stuff" and "Putin's Laundry Boy." THE NAUGHTY FLIRT is crammed chock full of such crass nepotism, as Rich Fat Cat One Per Centers like "J.R. Elliott" ram their clueless offspring down America's throat. Warner portrays Kay as a seductive harlot, wreaking chaos and disorder upon every precinct she deigns to visit. Kay is the sort of worthless mercenary bimbo who'd fly Air Force One into a disaster zone, step off the jet wearing an expensive "designer jacket" bearing the motto "I just don't care!" as she flings rolls of defective "Koch Brother" paper towels at victims of the catastrophe. Some might argue that Warner went too far with THE NAUGHTY FLIRT in so hatefully depicting the Rich. However, Recent History suggest to many that Warner did not go far enough.
davidjanuzbrown
I have to say, "The Naughty Flirt" is a "Chick Flick", although when it was made(1931), the term was not invented yet. As a guy, I am not into chick flicks (Although Alice White (Katherine Constance 'Kay' Elliott), and Myrna Loy (Linda Gregory) are great to look at). Here is the good news. Seeing Myrna as a real nasty sophisticated character, is interesting, because you will see a nicer version soon enough in "The Thin Man" and countless other films (Basically toned down Myrna is better than over the top (Like in "The Face of Dr. Fu Manchu"). As for Alice White, she was very interesting because she played dumb, but was not. For example: The scene where she told Alan Joseph Ward (Paul Page), that she is aware of "How many men want to marry her for her money." As mentioned earlier, she is great to look at (People compare her to Clara Bow, but I think Clara was hotter, and a better actress)). Now onto the problems: 1: The film was not funny. Spoilers: There are none to laugh about except maybe where Ward punches out John Thomas 'Jack' Gregory (The nasty brother of Linda who wants to marry Kay for her money (Interestingly enough, he takes his marching orders from Linda)) and he gets laughed at, by his friends. 2: There is not great dialog between the characters (If you see Powell/Loy Films such as "Libeled Lady" you always find that). 3: Nothing negative happens to the bad guys. In an effective comedy, bad guys should pay (Jail, money, getting beaten up, losing something of value, anything). Would it have hurt to have Kay rough up Linda a bit. Keep in mind, Myrna's rich, sophisticated, Connie Allenbury, got down with Jean Harlow's Gladys in "Libeled Lady", and gave it out and took it. She paid no price whatsoever, for her actions. 3: Last but not certainly not least, the men were pathetic. When Ward tells Kay "He is afraid of her", and her father (George Irving) who is his boss helps trap him into marrying her, you know his life just ended the second he said "I Do." Essentially he became a poodle (Even work is no break), and he ended up the BEST of the male characters. Kay's father, gets ruled by her, Thomas gets ruled by Linda, and Wilbur Fairchild (Robert Agnew) was shown as nothing but a bank to pay fines for rich people (Which is what Kay did to him). Basically 4/10 stars. 2 each for Myrna and Alice.
Bob_Zerunkel
I won't get into the plot. Almost all the other reviewers thought it necessary to ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it.I won't get into whether Myrna Loy was hot or was good actress. Plenty of other reviewers thought she was the star of this show, and they spent way too much time on a third-billed starlet with a throwaway role. Remove her role, and the movie marches on. No script changes would be needed besides removing her few forgettable lines.I will talk about Alice White. This is a woman who in real life or in almost all of her movies was the ultimate vamp. I wouldn't trust her to take out the trash, but good golly, is she ever a "Naughty Flirt." This is a movie that I would like to see every couple of years. Ms. White is quite an unusual actress. She had more talent than most actresses. She could have been a star in many different fields of entertainment. She chose movies, and she chose to be the woman who destroyed marriages and men.Myrna, as popular as she was, had very little talent compared to Alice. People remember Myrna, but it's mostly due to the movies she was cast in. And everybody has forgotten Alice for basically the same reason. In this movie, Myrna is a quite distasteful person, but still, some reviewers somehow find her attractive and her acting compelling. I don't know what they were watching. She was simply a word that begins with B and rhymes with "witch." Not a stretch for her.My one and only criticism of this delightful romp is that I absolutely hate how Hollywood of the '30s kept representing the common man as outrageously rich and decadent. None of the characters in this movie had a clue about the horrible despair permeating America due to the Crash of '29.
msladysoul
I just wanted to see this film because of Myrna Loy. I love Myrna Loy. But Myrna doesn't have much to do in this film. Most of the spotlight is on little, vivacious, cute Alice White. I became a fan of her. She's the ultimate flapper. She reminds you of a Clara Bow or Toby Wing. She's very natural- even though many say she didn't like talkies and feel uncomfortable. She didn't seem like it. This is a pre-code picture about a flirtatious woman which is played by Alice White who makes bet too see which guys she can hook, line, and sinker. But with one of the guys she ends up falling in love. Myrna Loy in this picture is coming into her own trademark acting in this film. Her aloof, snotty, sophisticated comedy/acting would be noticed and loved not along after this picture. If you can find it, you'll treasure it.
