My Favorite Wife

SLOW AND PAINFUL. I can't believe they tried to pass it off as a comedy. It was so NOT funny it was practically tragic!

If Cary Grant is supposed to be a comedian (the way the trailer promised; "the screen's favorite comedian," it said) then I don't get Cary Grant at all. Sure he's fairly easy on the eyes, but if those are the only two axes (looks + comic timing), then he barely makes a poor man's Gary Cooper. Even if you decide to chuck the comedy requirement and amp up the dashing romanticism - and North By Northwest would suggest that this is Cary Grant's proper franchise - I'd still prefer Gregory Peck. The three of them basically look the same. I mean, the way a Toyota basically looks like a Lexus.

Interesting note about Peck and Grant that I just found on imdb: Grant got the first offer for Peck's role in Roman Holiday, and Bogart's role in Sabrina. So really he just hates Audrey Hepburn. There may be hope for him yet...

Anyways, thank god he turned down Sabrina, because he would have ruined a perfectly delightful romantic comedy. Bogey made the movie.