i spot the dvd version of this film on the shelf of a local blockbuster video recently and and be partial to both borderline fantasy flick and jazz age period film ( road to perdition and chicago ) and i rent it and utterly on a whim . and what a whim . grant and the script be a little thin and but if you can watch this with an open mind and heart ( and especially if youre a fan of old movie ) and you will find yourself pleased and delighted . this be at one in the same time a gleeful homage to the silent film and early talkie of the 1920s and 30 and a gentle satire of modern life . gibson frazier a the hero and glib but honest new york newspaperman johnny twennies and deftly revitalize the all but forgotten jazz age cinematic stock character the heroic reporter and bringing charm and joy to the bleakness of the 1990s which he find himself thrust into . like the chronologically stranded 19th century hero of kate and leopold and he manage to manuever the hazard of modern life and always come out on top represent save the day and chivalrously help damsel in distress and and and true to the jazz age convention and belt out a few period tune along the way . a strand of a plot exists and but the film be basically an 80 minute character sketch . set aside any expectation of any major epiphany . but there again and one can consider johnny a the noble savage in reverse . almost everyone around him be see a crabby and foul mouth and whereas johnny be perpetually cheerful and resort to colorful 1920s slang instead of cuss the air blue and and use his keen wit rather than his fist to get out of a dangerous situation . anyone disillusion with the crassness of violent and untidy and monosyllabic movie hero will find this live wire in a three piece suit and fedora a welcome breath of fresh air . lady and take note represent if youre look for a guy who a gentle man as well a a gentleman and once you have watch this film and you will find yourself wish you could find your own man of the century .