March 16 movie: Phffft! Romantic comedy with Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday as a married couple who divorce, try to date other people (Jack Carson and Kim Novak), then get back together.
Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday were great, of course. Kim Novak, who I usually love, does a weird imitation of Marilyn Monroe that doesn't suit her at all. She comes off like an airheaded slut. Novak is much better at characters who are sexually confident and not stupid.
I enjoyed this, although if I had the choice of a repeat viewing I'd watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith again instead. No no, not the one with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie! I mean the one with Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard. Which is structurally very similar to Phffft! According to Robert Osborne, "phffft!" was an expression coined by Walter Winchell to describe failed marriages.
Every time I saw the title of the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith, I wondered if it was a remake of the Hitchcock. I still don't know, actually.
I get more "internal server error" messages at your sight than anywhere else. And if I reload the page, it puts my message up twice. Puts my message up twice. (That's to save time, because I'm not going to reload this time.)
I kept thinking that too (about the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith movie). I don't think they have any connection except the name. Maybe I'll rent the new one and find out for sure. The original is terrific. I wish Montgomery and Lombard had done more together.