Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

JohnHowardReid With a loss of about seven minutes including a montage sequence of the hero pursuing various odd jobs, this is a cleverly cutdown American release version of Britain's The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss starring Hollywood's Cary Grant and Mary Brian. The pace is fast and has plenty of action plus a big helping of romance. What the American version does not have is a great deal of comedy, but excellent acting all around from both Grant and Brian plus a host of support players more than makes up for that deficiency. Combining both good location and top- notch studio work, Alfred Zeisler's direction is never less than highly competent and is occasionally extremely brilliant. Available on many DVDs, including the 50 Movie Mega-Pack of Comedy Classics.

Richard Burin The Amazing Adventure (Alfred Zeisler, 1936) is an earnest but muddled independent film featuring Cary Grant just as his star was about to go stratospheric. He plays a wealthy, despondent layabout challenged by his doctor to go for a year without relying on his riches. There are effective vignettes, notably those featuring selfless working class folk, but the film is ultimately a bit unsure of itself, suggesting that "money isn't everything" while its newly philanthropic protagonist spreads joy through his generous use of the paper stuff. The movie also lacks universality, with an absence of real insight into the society it is depicting and a heavyhanded, clichéd romantic subplot. As a chance to see Grant working on his home turf it's interesting, but as a British variation on contemporary Capra fare, it falls well short.

MARIO GAUCI Following Cary Grant's star-making supporting turn alongside Katharine Hepburn in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935), he returned to his native land – England – for this one film (based on a popular play that had already been adapted for the screen as a Silent in 1920), and which makes for curious viewing even after all these years.Grant is always worth watching, and he's fresh and appealing in this harmless but dated Capraesque comedy – a wealthy young man is bored by his lifestyle and places a bet with a celebrated doctor that he can earn his living for a year – but, as was the case with the majority of British films at the time, technical quality is lacking when compared to the more polished Hollywood product.Interestingly, the star's role – where Grant is forced to deceive the leading lady, whom he loves – would be expounded upon in subsequent films; here, however, the narrative is allowed to turn maudlin towards the end…and, in any case, the version I watched (under the misleading U.S. moniker, THE AMAZING ADVENTURE) has been trimmed to a little over an hour from the original length of 80 minutes!

bkoganbing Cary Grant just as he was coming into his own as a Hollywood icon went back to the UK to make this mild independent production that was released here by the short lived Grand National Studios. As Ernest Bliss he's a rather indolent and bored rich young twit and is feeling run down lately. His doctor talks to him like a Dutch uncle, saying his only problem is that if he had to work for a living he wouldn't be so bored. The doctor bets Cary that he couldn't go for a year just living on wages he'd make from a job.Today we would call people like this trust fund babies. Two examples of that, each in their own way, would be Paris Hilton and Michael Moore. Cary takes him up on the challenge and does in fact live for a year himself on his own wages from various jobs.Cary does cheat a little though, he reaches into his trust fund, but to help other people. And he does learn a lesson about what ordinary people have to deal with.In real life Grant knew full well. As Archie Leach in London he grew up in some very humble circumstances and knew full well what hard work was all about.Though Cary's performance was fine, the production values on this film were pretty shoddy. There was material for an A picture though, Frank Capra should have done this story and James Stewart would have been great had the location been America.