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All this delightful comedy with definite subversive elements is 6 reviews. It also has relatively low ratings. The UK made many good comedies during the 1950's and this is one of them. Perhaps on a subliminal level the subject matter is still considered slightly objectionable ( is he faking amnesia comes to mind ? ) and do we as an audience really care. Clearly at this semi-conscious level they do, and the brilliant acting of the great Kay Kendall and the equally brilliant one of Margaret Leighton still cannot raise the enthusiasm the film deserves. Rex Harrison, who I consider a heartless actor is superb in the role of someone who cannot show genuine emotion because in this clever film he does not need it. It was a role made in heaven for him and he is at his shallow best. Many men in the audience must have had mixed feelings of his presentation of being happily amoral, and their female or male partners must have been equally worried. It was a daring film to make and given the ' U ' certificate of the time children could get in by themselves, perhaps dreaming as they watched the scenario of a colourful future of their own. That is subversive!!!
score 8/10
jromanbaker 2 September 2019
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31-3-2021 12:05:05