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It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I thought the funniest scenes involved the judge, the front desk manager, the insurance agent and the Randolph Scott character.As someone else said Gail Patrick was more or less a prop - no personality good or bad. Irene Dunn couldn't make up her mind whether her character was in a comedy or a drama. Cary Grant thought he was in a home movie and enjoyed making faces at the camera.The main character just didn't behave as if they were in the situation they were supposed to be in -- wife lost at sea for years, husband not knowing what to do - really? Also, lets not tell the kids but just kinda bring them in as a joke.Little snappy dialogue and something off with the timing and delivery.Watching it I thought this was not the Cary Grant from His Girl Friday and Arsenic and Old Lace.

This classic screwball comedy was directed by Garson Kanin and co- written by Leo McCarey, who shared an Academy Award nomination for this Original Story with (husband and wife) Bella and Sam Spewack (their only nomination); the film's B&W Art Direction and Roy Webb's Score were also Oscar nominated.Cary Grant stars as a man who has just convinced a judge (Granville Bates) that his first wife is dead, lost at sea in a shipwreck, so that he can marry another woman (Gail Patrick). However, once they are, he finds out that his original wife (Irene Dunne) is alive when she returns after spending 7 years on an island with another man (Randolph Scott), a fact which obviously upsets him.This above average comedy has Grant's character then having to decide which is his "favorite" wife. Ann Shoemaker plays Grant's mother; Donald MacBride plays a hotel clerk. Interesting side note is that actors Grant and Scott were (or had been) roommates, sharing an eligible bachelor flat at the beach.

Ellen Arden (Irene Dunne), missing for seven years and believed dead, returns home to find her husband Nick (Cary Grant) has just remarried. Nick is shocked but there are more surprises in store for him. It turns out Ellen was shipwrecked on an island the past seven years with a handsome man named Stephen Burkett (Randolph Scott). A jealous Nick tries to find out more about Stephen and his relationship with Ellen, all the while struggling to tell his new bride that his first wife is still alive.Fun comedy from Grant, Dunne, and Scott, but not my favorite from any of the three. I like it but I don't love it. Of course, any movie with talented stars like this and a very good supporting cast is worth a look. Speaking of the supporting cast, Granville Bates is hilarious as the judge. I'd recommend the movie for his small part alone. A similar movie called Too Many Husbands, with Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray, beat this one to theaters in 1940 by a couple of months. Both are worth watching but this one is better.

This is not my favourite screwball comedy of all time or anything, but I did really enjoy it. It is compared to The Awful Truth, and I will say I do prefer The Awful Truth, and while people may find this blasphemous I preferred 1963's Move Over Darling too.Where the film doesn't quite succeed is that it felt a little too short, the film's end takes a little too long and felt misplaced and there are some moments in the middle where the film drags a bit.However, it looks good, is well directed, is well scored, while the story is great, the screenplay a lot of fun and the performances from Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick and especially Cary Grant are fun. In terms of casting, the only weak link is Randolph Scott, not that he was terrible or anything but he is very underused seeing his role feels I agree more of a cameo than a fully-fleshed out character. So overall, good but not great, worth seeing for Grant. 6.5/10 Bethany Cox