An Affair To Remember (50th Anniversary Edition)
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In Theaters : 11 July, 1957
DVD Release : 15 January, 2008 |
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An Affair To Remember (50th Anniversary Edition) description
Get out your handkerchiefs for this four-star weepie, a 1957 remake of the 1939 Love Affair, directed by Leo McCarey, who also made the original. Grant and Kerr are strangers on an ocean liner, involved with other people, but who can't resist each other for a shipboard romance. They decide to test whether this is the real thing by agreeing to sp ... review details
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An Affair To Remember (50th Anniversary Edition) Customer Reviews
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Wouldn't have missed it, but I wish I'd rented.
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It's a wonderful movie with fabulous production values. Grant, Kerr, Richard Denning as Kerr's 'good guy' friend, and Cathleen Nesbitt as Grandmother Janou all give outstanding performances. Nesbitt does a beautiful job with the grandmother, and lets herself be old. (It's so hard for a woman to let herself do that, and Nesbitt does, and does it beautifully.) Denning does a surprisingly good job with his rather tricky role. I call it surprising because the role is difficult. I think any actor would have trouble playing it. I hadn't noticed Denning before. I will keep an eye out in the future. He probably didn't get the attention he deserved.
It's not always easy to tell what a director contributed, but I usually judge that by the overall film quality: Leo McCarey did a fine job.
It's just that ... I wish I'd rented it. The only part I'm going to want to watch again is the last ten minutes, and I could have done that within the time of a rental.
I'm afraid it's the story. Yes, it's tragic and tender and touching, but it doesn't focus -- how could it? -- on the redemption of the 'Grant' character's diligence and art. I'm afraid that this particular 'song of love' is 'not for me' to replay very often.
Still, it's a very well made movie, and for those who like this kind of plot, it's a winner! |
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