...is that this movie just wasn’t very good.

I thought I would love this film. I love Cary Grant. I love films from the 30’s and 40’s. I was expecting screwball comedy. I was expecting crisp, sharp, snappy, riveting dialogue. I wanted strong interesting women (Hepburn, Stanwyck, Davis, Loy, etc.). I didn’t even care if the setting/plot were weak -those were just settings to see real stars shine and let the dialogue drag you from scene to scene laughing at the witty interchanges.

I was disappointed.

Irene Dunne was a terrible lead. A lot of her scenes were her sitting there looking perplexed with her mouth open (and w/ those atrocious curls stuck to her head!) The dialogue was boring and uninteresting. The plot was trite and predictable. Directing was uninspired. The final scene where they couldn’t sleep almost put us to sleep!

About the only positive I can say is Irene Dunne’s fashionable outfits were very interesting.

P.S. they never did explain where Grant’s character was when he claimed to be in FL – did they?

Except it was called “His Girl Friday” and “The Philadelphia Story” and it was a little better written. Probably good for seeing once, but I don’t plan on buying this one…