While The Enchanted Cottage is a sweet romance, it's also rather sad to watch. Literally every one of the four leads has a sob story to make you reach for your handkerchief. Dorothy McGuire plays someone so homely men actually turn and walk away rather than ask her to dance when she's the only wallflower remaining. Normally, I can't stand her, but her character is quite pitiable and her situations are very sad. Robert Young starts the movie completely in love with Hillary Brooke, and he buys her the titular college as an engagement present. When he comes back from the war with a maimed face and a paralyzed arm, the engagement is broken and he hides away at the cottage. Herbert Marshall is blind, which is sad in itself, and he serves as a wise guide to Robert. And Mildred Natwick, the housekeeper, has a broken heart and a secret story about the cottage.
Are you crying yet? Well, you will if you sit through this romantic drama, which was Robert Young's personal favorite of his movies. It's not really my favorite, because I'm not the target audience, but I totally appreciate why others love it so much. The acting is good, and the story is touching. If you're an advocate of inner beauty or are secretly a hopeless romantic, you'll probably really like it.
Are you crying yet? Well, you will if you sit through this romantic drama, which was Robert Young's personal favorite of his movies. It's not really my favorite, because I'm not the target audience, but I totally appreciate why others love it so much. The acting is good, and the story is touching. If you're an advocate of inner beauty or are secretly a hopeless romantic, you'll probably really like it.