For all its flaws, it still is a movie worthwhile to watch. The viewer has to live with a plot that is unrealistic. But accepting the plot, the movie has its moments though it plods along. The opening scenes are somewhat incomprehensible and it is not until the end that there is a glimmer of what the opening scenes are about and the viewer has to be quick to catch it.
I felt comfortable with the characters. Unlike most characters today, they were classy. Even though Joanna Going plays a gold digging artist, she acts like a lady. One thing about this movie that makes viewer comfortable is that the dialog is clean. There is no offensive and demeaning language and there is no nudity or sex to spoil the ambience. One good thing about the movie was that it is a movie about a classic romance which no longer is a subject of movies today which have to be dirty.
One good scene was when Going gets rid of a rich pest. It was very funny and a scene that I will long remember. But at the end the movie really falls apart even though the ending was what one hoped for. But the ending is badly done, not fulfilling, implied rather than explicit. All too often the movie was vague.
Celeste Holm was a delight in the movie. Going was adequate in her role but she showed nothing that would make her a star. Brendon Frasier played a different role than he usually plays. It was hard to realize he was not a villian because that is his usual role and it took a few minutes to realize that he was going to be the good guy for once.
I felt comfortable with the characters. Unlike most characters today, they were classy. Even though Joanna Going plays a gold digging artist, she acts like a lady. One thing about this movie that makes viewer comfortable is that the dialog is clean. There is no offensive and demeaning language and there is no nudity or sex to spoil the ambience. One good thing about the movie was that it is a movie about a classic romance which no longer is a subject of movies today which have to be dirty.
One good scene was when Going gets rid of a rich pest. It was very funny and a scene that I will long remember. But at the end the movie really falls apart even though the ending was what one hoped for. But the ending is badly done, not fulfilling, implied rather than explicit. All too often the movie was vague.
Celeste Holm was a delight in the movie. Going was adequate in her role but she showed nothing that would make her a star. Brendon Frasier played a different role than he usually plays. It was hard to realize he was not a villian because that is his usual role and it took a few minutes to realize that he was going to be the good guy for once.