Having grown up on "screwball comedies" for over 50 years, this movie feels forced. It's as though the studio executives decided to make a comedy; and by gosh, the script would be funny, the dialogue would be funny, and the performances would be funny. The problem is that you can't fake funny.
That being said, I did enjoy Fonda. I knew Olivia could do comedy after watching Princess O'Rourke with Robert Cummings, released the year after this one. But the script is lackluster, and I get so very tired of scenes involving main characters getting intoxicated on alcohol.
I think all that could be overlooked if the denouemant had excelled beyond the letdown that it ultimately is. Sadly, it's less than thinly veiled propaganda. That would be okay, if it had metaphorically swept me off my feet like This Land Is Mine does. But the ending fades into Hollywood obscurity.
Watch only if you're a diehard fan of its leads.
That being said, I did enjoy Fonda. I knew Olivia could do comedy after watching Princess O'Rourke with Robert Cummings, released the year after this one. But the script is lackluster, and I get so very tired of scenes involving main characters getting intoxicated on alcohol.
I think all that could be overlooked if the denouemant had excelled beyond the letdown that it ultimately is. Sadly, it's less than thinly veiled propaganda. That would be okay, if it had metaphorically swept me off my feet like This Land Is Mine does. But the ending fades into Hollywood obscurity.
Watch only if you're a diehard fan of its leads.