Neurotic society wife Merle Oberon visits psychiatrist Alan Mowbray where she meets Bohemian musician Burgess Meredith. With the state of her marriage to Melvyn Douglas on the rocks due to its predictability, Oberon takes up with the piano player while Douglas tries to win her back through subterfuge. What promises to be amusing is anything but. This is a dull "screwball" comedy that is definitely screwy but certainly not comical. Oberon is beautiful, Douglas is dashing, and Meredith is madcap, but there is no cohesion between them to engage interest or create any amusement. Even Eve Arden as a secretary is missing her usual fire thanks to a lack of humor in her dialog.
Considering the Lubitsch touch of previous glamorous comedies, "That Uncertain Feeling" is a bomb. Even if this was meant to be a drama with comic moments, it just proves to be a boring 80 minutes of talk, talk, talk. The constant usage of "keeks" (the art of playfully poking somebody in the stomach while saying the word) is simply unfunny. The film is comparable of going to the philharmonic for a symphony and simply hearing the piano player play scales and chopsticks. Also, because this was an independent film, it's difficult to understand why the stars would choose to be in a film with such a script duller than a phone book, even if it was being directed by one of the masters of screen direction.
Considering the Lubitsch touch of previous glamorous comedies, "That Uncertain Feeling" is a bomb. Even if this was meant to be a drama with comic moments, it just proves to be a boring 80 minutes of talk, talk, talk. The constant usage of "keeks" (the art of playfully poking somebody in the stomach while saying the word) is simply unfunny. The film is comparable of going to the philharmonic for a symphony and simply hearing the piano player play scales and chopsticks. Also, because this was an independent film, it's difficult to understand why the stars would choose to be in a film with such a script duller than a phone book, even if it was being directed by one of the masters of screen direction.