An Affair to Remember

Old Hollywood. Nowadays the story is totally unconvincing even for a romantic comedy. Why would a serious person want Nickie if he is the playboy everyone thinks he is? And the visit to the sweet little old grandma and praying together there is unconvincing reason to suddenly want to marry someone! They have hardly left her then they are incredibly speaking of marriage and ending their current relationships. As for Nickie not even worrying about if something had happened to Terry....Why? I saw this in the '60s and loved it but the intervening years have not been kind to it. It's very slight I'm afraid.

20 minutes (opener) before the 1st commercial break and Mr Grant is doing one of his lengthy "oh you must love me, just look at me, how suave, sophisticated I am" routines....has not aged well, especially in a lock down....perhaps if you are really desperate you may wish to continue to watch the rest of it, our home was quite bored!

This is just an okay movie, but thanks to it being mentioned in Sleepless in Seattle, it is now considered by some to be some sort of classic. The sad fact is this is a poorer remake of a pretty decent romantic movie, LOVE AFFAIR. Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne simply did a better job than Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in this unnecessary remake. In many places, the movie is copied word-for-word and scene after scene from the original. So, why not just watch the original?! Also, although better, the original isn't exactly the best movie ever made because the whole gimmick of being hit by a car and not being able to walk is just pretty hokey--for goodness sakes, women, just tell him you've been in an accident and end all this angst! PS--since originally posting this review, I've gotten a lot of negative ratings. Provided you've also seen the original film, I encourage you to rate my review poorly. Otherwise, see the original FIRST so you can understand the context for my review.