The Awful Truth, 1937 (Grade C+)

Director Leo McCarey
Awards AFI & Time Magazine Top 100 lists, nominated for various and won one (Best Director) Academy
Cast: Cary Grant; Irene Dunne; Ralph Bellamy' Alexander D'Arch; Cecil Cunningham; Molly Lamont; Ester Dale; Joyce Compton; Robert Warwick; Mary Forbes



sez says; fun is to be had here--but not as much fun as I expected given the "this is such a great film" comments I've seen in my life --yes Grant and Dunn have chemistry --they play a couple who divorce but who really belong together.  We've seen this before: He HAS been dishonest, she hasn't but been but isn't believed when she finds herself in a suggestive situation.  There is some singing and dancing.  There are situational mishaps and misunderstandings. Maybe funniest sequence is when Dunn, pretending to be Grant's working class sister, crashes a party where Grant is being entertained by his new high-society sweetheart's family.    

If you like old movies--you will enjoy this, But the story has been done, in various versions and  lots of times -- maybe not better -- but then it isn't much of a story, even if the moral is still valid. You can't have a good relationship/marriage if you don't trust each other. On another day I might give it a higher grade, but right now if feels real C+ to me