This is a F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. In the South of France, Nicole Diver (Jennifer Jones) grows jealous about her psychiatrist husband Dr. Dick Diver (Jason Robards) over movie star Rosemary Hoyt. In flashback, Nicole is a troubled patient of Dick. Baby Warren (Joan Fontaine) is her socialite sister.
I'm not feeling this marriage. I don't particularly like either character and they generate no heat for me. Robards is not really the romantic lead type. When he's with the kids, he looks like the grandfather. The only compelling relationship is Dick and Baby. The problem is that I don't understand Dick's dilemma. If he wants to get back into his profession, he should simply go back into his profession. He doesn't need to build a clinic. He has lots of rich friends and he could turn them into patients. I guess psychiatry is practiced differently back in the day. The story is muddled. The central relationship is flat. I don't know anything about the novel. This is not compelling.
I'm not feeling this marriage. I don't particularly like either character and they generate no heat for me. Robards is not really the romantic lead type. When he's with the kids, he looks like the grandfather. The only compelling relationship is Dick and Baby. The problem is that I don't understand Dick's dilemma. If he wants to get back into his profession, he should simply go back into his profession. He doesn't need to build a clinic. He has lots of rich friends and he could turn them into patients. I guess psychiatry is practiced differently back in the day. The story is muddled. The central relationship is flat. I don't know anything about the novel. This is not compelling.