1937 / 90m - USA
Comedy, Romance
1.5*/5.0*
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December 06, 2020

1.5*/5.0*

Another simple, classic comedy from Leo McCarey. It hinges its bets on the Grant/Dunne combination and hopes for the best, which is nice if you're a fan of this type of screwball comedy I guess. Personally, I could do without the endless quips and somewhat annoying situational humor.

Jerry and Lucy are a couple destined for divorce. There's no trust between them and all they ever do is fight with each other. While they're waiting for their divorce to get finalized, they already start making new wedding plans, but neither one is willing to let the other get their life back on track so soon.

Soon to be divorced people trying to mess with each other's lives isn't a very funny premise, Grant and Dunne are quite stiff and the dialogue-driven comedy simply isn't all that funny. At least the pacing is decent and the runtime is short, but there's nothing memorable here and I'm sure I'll have forgotten all about it by tomorrow.