Every Girl Should Be Married

I had few nice laughs here and there, but most of it at the absurdity of the whole film and its terribly dated premise. Drake isn't a particularly charismatic lead and there's very little energy in any of the exchanges. Grant does what he can, but he's not given much to work with.

The archaic concept is not necessarily the problem here (the film does try to spin it on its head), but the film fails with extremely unlikeable characters. Grant's doctor is mostly charmless. Betsy Drake's woman-on-a-mission is persistent to put it mildly, but mostly grating and irritating--both in performance and as written. As annoying a female lead as you'll find. There are some laughs, sure, but this romp mostly fails. And wasting Diana Lynn is inexcusable!

This is what a severely dated movie looks like. The film's version of proto-feminism is having a lecture hall full of woman cheerily announce that they all snared husbands through sneaky emotional traps. Grant certainly displays his abundant natural charm in the role, although he lays it on too broadly at times, perhaps a mark of boredom since this is a role that he'd basically played several times over by this point in his career.

The most irritating human being ever to draw breath stalks Cary Grant for an hour and a half, with hilarious consequences. Oddly charming, but it probably helps to be drunk and in need of a nostalgia fix.

This was so annoying. Drake jabbers her way through the entire movie leaving no room for anyone else to so much as take a breath. And the script is boring and the plot goes from stupid to aggravating. Grant could easily be replaced with any actor..or hell even a member of the crew...since he has absolutely nothing to do. If you love Betsy drake then this one woman show of a movie will be perfect for you.

This is a cute, funny, and entertaining movie. I enjoyed it, and I agree, every girl should be married. This is a great romantic comedy, a little different than some of the other movies in the genre at the time too. I was even a bit surprised with the ending.

Newcomer Betsy Drake thrown straight into the lead in a silly romantic comedy with THE Cary Grant. Then she married him! Which resulted in a LSD infested marriage that ended with a expensive divorce. Can't help but give a sour feeling off-the-bat know that. At the same time it felt like Diana Lynn was more suited for the lead than Drake, who while has A LOT of personality, felt more like a side attraction, comedy relief kind of gal. Also a little creepy. Or at least the character she played was.