Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
shoobe01-1
There was this thing, even more so than later on or today, from the 20s through at least the mid 50s, where almost everyone in film was hilariously wealthy. No real people went to clubs every day, or owned multiple tuxedos, but somehow we were to care deeply about the trials and tribulations of their lives. A few of these worked - Nick and Nora - because they were entirely charming and didn't much care for class so would talk to anyone. Or they were putting on airs - To Catch A Thief, for a Cary Grant vehicle comes to mind. Or there was some clashing of cultures - in Rear Window, Jimmy Stewart happens to have done well, but by the measure of a photog, and he lives in a very middle class neighborhood, but has a high class girlfriend. But this? What do I care of this situation, or know of these people? I don't even get why it's worth out loud chuckles that Cary Grant is having dinner with (gasp, I guess) not his fiancée, while on an unaccompanied ocean cruise? Do. Not. Care. But at least Grant is as flat and un-charming as he's been, and there's stuff like annoying musical interludes, plus it is filmed like an episode of Marcus Wellby, MD. Boring as hell. Do not care.
Matt Greene
In the first half, "Affair" gives us lush visuals and a pair of humans so compelling, classy & impossibly romantic, we root for them even with all the underlying complexities. In the second half, the way the film treats people outside of the center couple is abysmal. The charm of the beginning disappears, as we're thrown back into their real lives…which may be the point. Ultimately, it's a starry-eyed fable about how our little heavens can never really last in this lifetime.
Irishchatter
Honestly this movie would give you warm fuzzballs. Grant and Kerr were excellent on their acting as the couple who fell in love on a cruise. I even loved the scene where they visited the grandmother in Italy like it was just so so sweet! Where do you get a movie like that nowadays as sweet as that?!I did notice that Grant did have a bump on his forehead, it looks awful sore but since he admitted that he had since childhood, I guess thats where it came from after all! I swear Kerr was absolutely stunning, she was like Princess Grave Kelly but except with the short hair. I really like this movie, I give it a 8/10 especially the ending where he understood why she never met him on the date they were suppose to say they will marry each other ♡
Michael_Elliott
An Affair to Remember (1957)*** (out of 4)Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant) and Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) are both about to be married to very successful people but the two meet on a cruise and soon realize that they have fallen in love. To be sure, they decide to give their romance a six month break after which time they will meet on top of the Empire State Building but things take a wrong turn.AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER has, for some reason, become one of the most loved romance movies ever made. I'm sure some of it is because of the attention it received thanks to SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE but even before that film this one had a nice following. I'm not saying this is a bad movie because it certainly isn't but at the same time I've always felt that the 1939 version, LOVE AFFAIR, was much better.With that said,t his one here still has plenty of things going for it that makes it worth watching. There are also some flaws that keep it from being much better. In my opinion the two long-winded singing sessions by the children towards the end of the movie could have been edited out without any harm done. I'd also argue that there's really nothing original with the story and that even by today's standards it's a tad bit dated. In my opinion, the film also runs a tad bit too long but I've always felt that the movie is so loved because of the final moments in the film. Obviously I'm not going to spoil anything but there's no question that director Leo McCarey does a marvelous job at building up the tension, the romance and the eventual outcome that happens. This final sequence is beautifully shot, perfectly director and so wonderfully acted that you leave the theater on such a great note that you can overlook what flaws the film had.Kerr is certainly very good and quite charming in the film but for my money the success of the movie is due to Grant. The poor actor never really got the credit he deserves even in some of his greatest pictures and performances. As much as I think this film is overrated, at the same time I think Grant's performance is very much underrated as he just brings a certain charm and a certain comic timing that perfectly adds to the entertainment level. Going back to the final sequence, the way he cautiously plays it is so marvelously done that you really can't argue about the talent he had.
