An Affair to Remember

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Summary: An affair to remember
Review: It is the most romantic film I have ever watched, only sleepless in seattle equels it.

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Summary: Where's Douglas Sirk When You Need Him?
Review: The film is schizophrenic - the first half is the more enjoyable one, featuring wry, smart, sharp repartee between the two very charismatic lead actors. The second half retreats into a sappy, spineless mush pit. It's hard to believe this made #5 on the AFI-Passions listing -- one might argue that any movie that hints of a romance should have made it, too, as a result.

The two musical interludes featuring a singing Terry (Deborah Kerr) and kids were really unnecessary -- did she still think that she was Anna from 'The King And I?'

This movie's achievement is that it is the ancestor of contemporary schmaltzy fare such as 'Sleepless In Seattle' and 'Serendipity.' If only the star-crossed predicaments were a little more believable, even within the realm of a romantic comedy.

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Summary: A classic shipboard romance.
Review: The dashing and handsome Cary Grant plays Nick Ferrante, a man who is about to marry his girlfriend. While on a ship going to New York, he meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr), a former nightclub singer who also is involved with someone else. The two quickly hit it off and realize they are in love. Since they're both seeing other people, they decide to meet in six months at the top of the Empire State Building if everything works out. When the six months are over, Nick waits for Terry to show up, but a tragic misfortune occurs and she is unable to make it. Nick, not knowing what happened to Terry, assumes she changed her mind about them being together. The finale is very sad and touching.

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr's chemistry is absolutely fantastic and the acting is superb. An Affair To Remember is an unforgettable classic that also provides a few laughs, too. It is definitely the best romantic movie I've ever seen!

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Summary: Incredible - They don't make them like this anymore -Too Bad
Review: This movie is a movie to watch over and over agian. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr's relationship is one that comes across so real. They get to know each other and fall in love in ways that todays movies just can't compare! The Grandmother is so sweet and her feelings are incredible! You feel what she feels in happiness and in sadness. There are very few movies that can get my emotions like this one. This movie is truely a tear jerker but one that you will feel better afterwards for watching it (a good cry is good for you every now and then). This is a movie that I will never get tired of watching.

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Summary: Not my favorite romantic movie!
Review: I'm a woman who loves romantic movies but though An Affair To Remember was a decent movie it just isn't my favorite romantic movie because it had too many soap opera elements for my taste but like another review said, if you like the style you will probably like An Affair to Remember.

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Summary: Visiting the Empire State Building can be hard...
Review: ...especially if Your One True Love was supposed to meet you on the Observation Deck but...!

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star as two love-jaded individuals who meet on an ocean liner, each concerned with their own love affairs. But their mutual attraction is too strong to be denied, and eventually as the sea journey draws to a close, they pledge to separate for six months to get their respective acts together and then reunite on the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building. Imagine rearranging your whole world for that fateful meeting only to --- ! No, can't tell ya, it would spoil everything for you. Suffice it to say that one heck of a misunderstanding ensues and many a hard word is passed before The Great Realization of the last scene.

"An Affair to Remember" is a special movie for many folks; it's not all that special for me, but it's pretty good regardless. One thing that I don't like about it--and you see it in many movies of the period--is that in The Misunderstanding, Grant gets to say a lot of mean things to Kerr. How come we never see one of those Misunderstandings where the woman gets to berate the man for a change? Ever notice how it is always the woman getting castigated? My personal peeve, I guess. It's a true soap opera-type movie where terrible odds are overcome and true love reigns supreme in spite of it all. Watch it with the girlfriends and bond.

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Summary: I wish they still made movies like this
Review: It's clear from the reviews that this film is not everyone's cup of tea, but it's mine. Cary Grant plays a rich playboy who is enganged, but falls in love with transatlantic shipmate Deborah Kerr, who is likewise engaged. She finds him quite silly and shallow, until they stop in France to visit his grandmother; his tender side comes out and they fall for each other. They agree to meet in six months atop the Empire State Building...

I'll take the suave Grant and glamorous Miss Kerr over the Brads and Jennifers of today. Grant and Kerr's characters had class, something almost impossible to find in actors these days. They were sophisticated and elegant; they had manners and morals. The script portrayed romantic love without nudity. Imagine that! It was the stuff dreams were made of then and it still is today.

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Summary: "If you can paint, i can walk."
Review: I'm not going to go into detail of the film because i'm sure everyone in the world has seen this at least a dozen times by now and i'm sure we all agree that it is by far the best 5 hanky, romantic, symbolic, beautiful and breaktaking film of all times. But i do want to comment on the sound!!!I bought the VHS version some years ago, of course it wasn't the CinemaScope version but it is in 3 channel stereo plus surround and it is excellent. I was excited to buy it on DVD but i should have read the review first. If you are buying this for picture quality it is pretty close to excellent. But if you buying it for the wonderful background music score you will be most disappointed. There are not words enough to tell you how terrible it is. What were they thinking when they transferred this to DVD? Get the Stereo VHS version, it is much better. That will truely be "an affair to remember".

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Summary: All This....And Tap Dancing, Too
Review: I could TRULY do without the cringe-inducing scene of the two black kids tap dancing. (What the hell was that about? Fifties sensibilities, I guess.) But otherwise this is a must see love story. One of the most sentimental and sweetest romantic films ever made. And it's all because of Grant and Kerr who are excellent. And oh! that scene when Nick finally realizes why she didn't meet him on top of the Empire State Building! ("I was looking up! It was the closest thing to heaven....") Get out the hankies -- but PUL-LEZE fast forward right through the horrid tap dancing scene. (Talk aboout blackploitation!)

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Summary: A Real Wife Pleaser!
Review: I got this video for my wife for her birthday. She loves it!