Reviews

The beginning 5 or 10 minutes of this movie contain some of the funniest scenes I can ever remember seeing in any film (except from Chaplin's silent short feature, "Pay Day") - I laughed out loud and so hard, I cried, I thought it was so funny. The remainder of the movie is, of course, typically clever, the humor more low key and very Chaplin-ish. When I first saw it (which is fairly recently), I was quite surprised that it was his first "talkie" - being used to his silent films, and I was quite pleasantly surprised he didn't move in to sound earlier. Charlie Chaplin will always remain my favorite performer/artist/director/comic - The Little Tramp.

The beginning 5 or 10 minutes of this movie contain some of the funniest scenes I can ever remember seeing in any film (except from Chaplin's silent short feature, "Pay Day") - I laughed out loud and so hard, I cried, I thought it was so funny. The remainder of the movie is, of course, typically clever, the humor more low key and very Chaplin-ish. When I first saw it (which is fairly recently), I was quite surprised that it was his first "talkie" - naturally being used to his silent films, I was quite pleasantly surprised by his pleasing voice and that he didn't move to sound earlier. Charlie Chaplin will always remain my favorite performer/artist/director/comic - The Little Tramp.

I wasn't much of a Cary Grant fan until I saw this film for the first time about 10 years ago, and I also discovered the embodiment of grace and charm that is Irene Dunne as well. Cary Grant is at his most charming and gives a very amusing and, at times, very very touching performance as a new dad. When he gives his heart-rending speech to the child custody judge and begs to keep his adopted baby girl, it brings a lump to my throat every time I see it. Irene Dunne was a classy lady in anything she did, and can be as quietly funny as she can be dramatic, as she demonstrated in this film. She was a great "straight-man," too, to Cary Grant's more animated role. I truly love this film.