A married couple discover that technically, they're not really married in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," a foray into comedy directed by, of all people, Alfred Hitchcock. It stars Robert Montgomery, Carole Lombard, and Gene Raymond.
The script has a level of sophistication to it with its sexual undertones. This is one married couple who likes to fight and make up, and when it's discovered that they need to remarry and Mr. Smith doesn't rush into it, Mrs. Smith becomes Miss Krausheimer again in a hurry and starts dating her pseudo-husband's business partner, Gene Raymond, a southern gent.
There are some very funny scenes and good performances, but I agree with the other posters that Mrs. Smith is one unforgiving woman, while Mr. Smith is quite a sympathetic character in his attempts to woo her back. Nevertheless, for fans of the actors and as a genuine Hitchcock artifact, it's worth seeing. Hard to believe that the beautiful Lombard would die after making just one more film.
I thought Robert Montgomery was great in his role, and I particularly enjoyed the scene at the restaurant where he says, "That cat knows something," when the cat wouldn't eat any of his soup. He had a wonderful sense of comedy.
The script has a level of sophistication to it with its sexual undertones. This is one married couple who likes to fight and make up, and when it's discovered that they need to remarry and Mr. Smith doesn't rush into it, Mrs. Smith becomes Miss Krausheimer again in a hurry and starts dating her pseudo-husband's business partner, Gene Raymond, a southern gent.
There are some very funny scenes and good performances, but I agree with the other posters that Mrs. Smith is one unforgiving woman, while Mr. Smith is quite a sympathetic character in his attempts to woo her back. Nevertheless, for fans of the actors and as a genuine Hitchcock artifact, it's worth seeing. Hard to believe that the beautiful Lombard would die after making just one more film.
I thought Robert Montgomery was great in his role, and I particularly enjoyed the scene at the restaurant where he says, "That cat knows something," when the cat wouldn't eat any of his soup. He had a wonderful sense of comedy.