TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

misctidsandbits This movie survived by a very effective layer of gloss, the class and distinctiveness of both Niven and Young's portrayals and the production values. But, oh, the surrounding stuff. Broderick Crawford as a love interest for Ms. Young? Magic acts? What an embarrassing entry this must have been for the star performers in the year of some of the most classic films ever made. This film is one good example of the leads overcoming the liabilities of the vehicle, thus saving the show. Well, sort of. Ms. Young later recounts the scene on the bed with Niven being her favorite subtle type of love scene. Reviewers cite this particular scene as what could have been a censor objection had not the actors handled it with so much sophistication and grace.

edwagreen Routine film with Loretta Young married to magician David Niven. After a misunderstanding, she divorces him and weds of all people, Broderick Crawford. Crawford, who always could be counted as being a heavy in films is really a guy coming off as a fool. Somewhat such as Ralph Bellamy would have been far better suited for the part.Of course, Young still loves Niven so the end is so very obvious.Even the very comical ZaSu Pitts is greatly subdued here; she still made those famous gestures of hers with her hands.It's amazing that I always found the Young-Niven pictures to be very bland in nature. Perhaps, they really should have tried great drama together.

writers_reign ... in 1939 though they'd have you think so. There were also bread-and-butter entries like this one, pleasant enough, entertaining even, but lacking that little 'extra' in an era that offered Easy Living,The Awful Truth etc. Of course anything with Eve Arden is going to be watchable and it's especially interesting to see Brod Crawford in the Ralph Bellamy role and trivia buffs will love the fact that Niven, here married to a Bishop's granddaughter (Young) moved both of them up a notch when he made Young The Bishop's Wife a decade later. Also noteworthy is the expose of magician's tricks, not least a new wrinkle on mind-reading. Lots to like her for the undemanding.

javalorum I enjoyed this picture a lot. It has the warmth of the classics, yet the characterization and the whole plot fits to today's world. The incredible chemistry between the two leads is (I found) very rare among movies from that age.