Reviews

This is a silly movie, to the point that Ginger Rogers' character blurts out "This is Ridiculous!" at one point close to the end. But it also has the self awareness to not take things too far. Rather it brings things to the brink of absurdity and stops just before going off the cliff. Rogers' performance is solid as the clueless Janie who must decide between three suitors. Murphy, Marshal, and Meredith turn in good performances as well as their respective characters Tom, Dick, and Harry. Meredith, as Harry, stands out among the three. The plot also revolves around the whirlwind courtship and marriage theme that is common in wartime movies. Viewers looking for a heavier more realistic romance should look to something like Roger's 1944 movie "I'll be Seeing You" where she plays a completely different character. But if you're in the mood for a whimsical, light-hearted hearted comedy to take your mind off the news, you could do much worse than Tom, Dick, and Harry.

From the boring, wooden dialogue to the overdramatic and contrived tensions between the main characters, this movie feels like a shameless attempt to cash in on it's own star power. It's supposed to be a parable about greed but the greed lies with the studio who produced it. The dialogue is really bad to the point in some places where it feels like they just cut in pasted from various B westerns. There are no sympathetic characters. Even the great Gary Cooper comes off as a caricature of his other roles in better movies like High Noon. After watching it, I can't even decide if Susan Hatworth's leading lady is supposed to be a self-sacrificing, devoted wife, or a cold and calculated sociopath. The one good thing about this movie is the cinematography. This is a beautiful movie with grand portraits of landscapes and sunsets. That said, the best way to enjoy this movie may with with the volume muted. :-)