There are some entertaining dance song and dance numbers to alleviate the numbing excessiveness of the fashion world. Ray June's Technicolor photography captures the grand flair of the glitzy magazine world with appealing saturation. Donen keeps the dances and songs flowing with little attempt at more than a paste-up story. The choreography is never rises to some of Astaire's classic inspirations in other efforts, but Funny Face is easy to watch. Too bad about the transfer.
Edge enhancement is so prevalent it's got the hot cartoon colors bleeding off the images.
Some of the process shots are cranked to the extent that people actually have halos. There's a dreamy wedding sequence that comes off far too hazy for its own good. The colors are often astonishingly brilliant. There's some dirt here and there. Puttin on the Ritz Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse bring Silk Stockings to life, a remake of Ninotchka, one of many films successfully turned into musicals by the Hollywood dream factory.