"Misters' Eeva"
Herrojen Eeva (Eva gör skandal)

**½

Finland 1954 B/W 73min Suomi-Filmi

Comedy

cast: Liisa Tuomi (Eeva Taavanen), Erkki Viljos, Uuno Laakso (V. Pullinen), Arvo Lehesmaa (Hallakoski), Kaisu Leppänen (Eeva's mother), Holger Salin, Matti Aulos, Pentti Siimes, Vilho Siivola, Kaarlo Halttunen, Tarmo Manni, Kauko Laurikainen
credits: dir. Yrjö Kostermaa, DOP Erkki Imberg, staging Oiva Hovi, music George de Godzinsky, prod. Risto Orko

Eeva is a fatherless young woman, who lives with her mother. People say that Eeva's mother has a new man every day. Also Eeva herself is consired very attractive but she seems to be somewhat wiser than her mother. Men can't win Eeva in their game of love.

First of all: if the chick is as noisy and greedy for alcohol as Eeva is, it's very hard to believe that men really want even have "that one thing" with her. But that's what the director and Liisa Tuomi (who plays Eeva) wants us to believe anyway. The acting in the film is very oldish but there's been also worse stuff than this, so it's merely okay this time.

The film is nicely shot, in fact everything around the actors looks fine although there must have been only a quite little money to put it all together. Too bad that the story is not exactly funny (or at least it doesn't feel like that anymore) and Liisa Tuomi is trying to be like some stupid clown half of the movie.

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