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->''"Everybody hated Bogdanovich's homage, a trivial story slotted round some Cole Porter songs... It may be a movie we'll come back to later and find we all like it."''
-->-- '''W. Stephen Gilbert''', ''Time Out''

''At Long Last Love'' is a 1975 musical film directed by Creator/PeterBogdanovich, starring Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/MadelineKahn, and Creator/EileenBrennan.

It features Music/ColePorter songs and was realized without lip-synching in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of the very earliest musical films, a choice that made the production particularly difficult and long beyond expectations. It was an enormous box-office bomb and gained scathing reviews, yet some have re-evaluated it, at least as an example of SoBadItsGood.

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!!This movie provides examples of:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited / LoveDodecahedron: Of the four protagonists, Michael's in love with Kitty who's in love with Johnny who's in love with Brooke who's in love with Michael. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kitty and Brooke in the "I Loved Him {But He Didn't Love Me}" number.
** [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on, as it's implied in dialogue in the climactic ballroom dance that both Michael and Johnny fall in love with Brooke and Kitty (respectively), since both remark that the partner they're pining for has never looked more beautiful than they are dancing with the other.]]
*** [[spoiler: Double subverted, depending on how you interpret the final shot of the music box that bookends the movie]].
* AuteurLicence: After earning this with ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'' and holding it through ''Film/WhatsUpDoc'' and ''Film/PaperMoon'', Creator/PeterBogdanovich lost his prestige in Hollywood after ''At Long Last Love'' bombed - he would never again reach the critical heights of his early period.
* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a shot of a music box, with [[{{Foreshadowing}} animatronic dancers switching partners]].
* GenreThrowback: To [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeofHollywood Golden Age movie musicals]].
* {{Homage}}: To the classic '30s movie musicals starring Creator/FredAstaire and Creator/GingerRogers.
* JukeboxMusical: As a homage to classic [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeofHollywood Golden Age]] movie musicals, the soundtrack is made up entirely of Creator/ColePorter songs.
* PeriodPiece: Set in the 1930s. Well, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeofHollywood in the glamorous Old Hollywood version of the 1930s]], at least.
* PrettyInMink: Brooke has a white mink wrap. Kitty has a white fox cape.
* ReCut: The version most readily available for viewing has been extensively remade to better match the director's vision after the initial cut done by the studio proved so poorly received.
* TheThirties: Takes place during that time.
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