ThiefHott Too much of everything

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

captgeoslady I took one look at Betsy Drake and said to myself HE married HER? UGH!! And the thing only got worse after that.Betsy Drake plays a manipulative, obsessed, single woman who looks up and notices Cary Grant and immediately starts stalking him objective matrimony. She enlists her friend, her boss (a notorious womanizer) and Eddie Albert.Drake's "acting" and I use the term loosely - is atrocious. Cary Grant is his usual suave self - until the end of this garbage. And yes, you can imagine the ending without me telling you.Friends and neighbors - don't even bother. Unless you like torture. And fingernails on blackboards.

Ken West Cary Grant, of course, is always worth watching (Father Goose notwithstanding). Betsy Drake has a great cadence to support her slightly ditsy intonation, and I did not tire of it, as some have said, any more than I do the affectations of July Holiday or Marilyn Monroe.The plot is not trivial, nor is it totally predictable.Where this film fails in comparison to others of its era and genre is in the writing. The comedy is amusing enough, and there are some good moments, but the lines do not propel the viewer with the rapid-fire bite that is expected with a setup like this one. I wanted it to be good enough for a 7, but I will stick with my 6 which in my metrics is still "definitely worth watching".To those PC reviewers who were "disturbed" by the "stalker" aspect, I say: loosen up, it is a COMEDY! We have all laughed at Lucy being sillier, more extreme and more persistent. Beside, the movie starts by laying out the very sensible premise that a woman should be able to pursue an attractive man in ways similar to a man going after a desirable woman. eg., Rough paraphrase of girl talk: "What would you do on a date?" "Take him on a drive in the country.""And run out of gas?" "If I wanted to".. . . and everything follows from that premise -- logical, consistent and, for me, engaging.Lastly, I note that the best user ratings, as of this date, are by women of the age of Betsy Drake's character, and not by nostalgic curmudgeons like me.

dougdoepke One-note comedy that probably sets modern day feminists' teeth on edge. Department store clerk Betsy Drake is in love with the idea of babies and marriage, pinning her hopes on women's magazines until she spies super-bait in the form of sleek bachelor Cary Grant. The rest of the film plods from one ploy to the next as the relentless Drake pursues her quarry. I guess the word "perky" just about sum's up Drake's approach to the role. She does have a charming smile, but after 20 minutes of memorizing her dentures, I began to overdose. Grant's role is basically secondary and minus his usual flair. There is one scene, however, that almost salvages this slender exercise. Drake queries the hapless Grant following his lecture to a roomful of respectable ladies. Here her perky manner has an unforced freshness that is really quite remarkable, and had the production not rubbed our noses in that upbeat grin for 90 minutes, the film might have amounted to more than a girls' camp day-dream, circa 1948.

Neil Doyle Anyone watching EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED today can see why Betsy Drake never made it as a big star. She's an acquired taste with her thin, pensive face and her thick lips and that little lisp that comes and goes while she gushes about her dream man--CARY GRANT--whom she married shortly after finishing the film.She did have a certain flair for light comedy but here it's wasted on a silly script that has her running after Grant in a manner that would have called for a restraining order in today's society. Grant just sort of walks through a role he could have played in his sleep and the gags, only a few of which are genuinely amusing, are much too bland to recall once the film is over.FRANCHOT TONE is completely wasted but DIANA LYNN has a few good moments as Betsy's more sensible friend. But no one is at their best and it's the kind of film quickly forgotten once you've viewed it.