Thursday, 10 November 2005
The Grass is Greener (1960)
I ask you -- a film with only four main characters: Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons -- what could be bad? And where nowadays would you find a film with four equally charming and watchable actors carrying the action? If I think of recent attempts with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, I just give up thinking. While this movie could be dismissed as a stagy bit of fluff, it remains fresh because of the actors' presence. The slightly naughty story of impoverished aristocrats being tempted morally by a brash American visitor to their struggling stately home is less important than the verve which these four bring to the table. Will we ever see their likes again?
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I'm sure I've seen that one and with that cast I'm thinking I most definitely have, but the story eludes me.........wish I had a memory that remembers stuff :) Rache xx
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