Review of An Affair to Remember (1957) by Max A — 20 Jun 2009

I would like to know who the hell actually likes this film. The praise can't be serious. Here's my summary:

A 53 year old Cary Grant plays a never married or employed philandering douchebag who is engaged to an heiress. He takes a cruise ship to Europe without his fiancee and meets a 36 year old Deborah Karr who is also engaged to be married yet decided to take a romantic cruise by herself. They cheat on their significant others and decide to hook up again once they both get jobs and are able to support themselves.

When they get back home, they tell their fiancees about it who both handle it like nobody in history ever would. "Oh, that's fine that you had an affair - I'll still love you and be your friend and be there for you to support you financially while also helping you get together with the person you cheated on me with.".

When the cheating whores go to meet, she gets mauled by a car, ends up crippled and misses the appointment. She gets a job teaching homeless kids how to sing and it pays enough for her to enjoy a high-rise New York loft with a housekeeper and Waterford ashtrays. Cary Grant paints a few pictures and a billboard and can afford to take care of her - he goes to their house and they have a boring conversation where he discovers she's a cripple and credits roll. Eat my ass.

There are also several scenes where someone is singing. The movie is practically a musical without the dancing or costumes. It's dreadfully boring and everyone in it is unrealistically horrible.

Okay - to be honest, I started watching about 15-20 minutes in, so I missed the beginning. Maybe the setup is what makes it so amazing. I can't figure out what Meg Ryan was crying about. There's nothing beautiful or romantic about flippantly cheating on someone you're engaged to be married to.