An Affair to Remember (1957)

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Directed by Leo McCarey.

Starring Richard Denning, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Neva Patterson.

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An Affair to Remember, director Leo McCarey's scene-for-scene remake of his own 1939 film Love Affair, isn't really an improvement on the original, but it's equally as enjoyable. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, high-profile types both engaged to be married to other people, meet and fall in love during an ocean voyage. To test the depth of their commitment to each other, Grant and Kerr promise that, if they're still in love at the end of six months, they will meet again at the top of the Empire State Building. Clips from An Affair to Remember were used as "reference points" throughout the 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, which likewise concluded atop the Empire State Building. Disproving the theory that "Third Time's the Charm," Warren Beatty attempted to remake Affair to Remember, again titled Love Affair, in 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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5 Female Genres Equivalent to M ...
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"Even before Annaliese Griffin at the Vulture blog detailed why Sex and the City is the female equivalent of superhero movies, a genre mostly appealing to men, a female friend of mine noted the same. It’s apparently an obvious parallel, despite the fact that earlier this summer the supposed gender battle between Iron Man and Made of Honor resulted in the awareness that many women are in fact fond of some superheroes. Nevertheless, Griffin’s post made me think of the conversation in Sleepless in Seattle in which real-wife married couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson discover the connection between An Affair to Remember and The Dirty Dozen. Of course, Hanks’ character was probably joking about crying at the end of the latter film, but he still had a point. There are certain equivalents between specifically female film genres and specifically male film genres, as you can see from the following list: Melodrama (female) = War Film (male) - Already touched on with the aforementioned Sleeples ... " [More]

No Reservations to Remember
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"So, No Reservations is pretty much average for a romantic dramadey. Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Death Defying Acts") plays a chef who has emotional issues and then her sister dies and she's left caring for her young niece, Abigail Breslin ("The Ultimate Gift"). Aaron Eckhart ("The Black Dahlia") is an up-and-coming chef who starts taking over at Zeta-Jones' restaurant. Hijinks. Emotions. Warm fuzzies. But ultimately forgettable. And I just don't think Breslin is that cute. Sorry. But it was nice to see Eckhart as a good guy.I caught An Affair to Remember on AMC and was completely taken in by Cary Grant ("Walk Don't Run") and Deborah Kerr ("The Arrangement"). He's charming. She's beautiful. I love the love story. You just don't get many straight-up romantic movies nowadays. The tension of whether or not they will find each other again is real. Some of it was corny, but I didn't mind it. The stars are good e ... " [More]

Re: Why do I like movies that m ...
by divinemsjunebug in Chicks who like Flicks

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"Oh, sorry you had such a bad day at work that day, believe me, I have been there. I have to say I really don't like watching a lot of tear jerkers (maybe the really old ones like Wuthering Heights, An Affair to Remember or Dark Victory). There was one movie that made me cry for 20 minutes after the stupid movie was over and that was Iris. Whew, I have NEVER done that before. Then there was Schindler's List and the Pianist, oh my god, talk about tear my heart out. They were excellent movies and I think everyone should be MADE to watch them in school because it showed the brutality and evilness and non caring of how a lot of people were and still are, but I don't want to see them again. whew, way too painful and sad. Anyway, you are right, after you have a good cry at a movie you do feel a lot better. Maybe in some movies we cry because we think how we would be in that situation, but it's a SAFE cry because we know we aren't in that predicament... " [More]

Review by All Movie Guide

All Movie Guide

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Leo McCarey's remake of his Love Affair (1939) is a classic tearjerker and a key reference of Sleepless in Seattle (1993). While shameless in its manipulation of emotion, the film avoids the worst excesses of the bathetic through the peerless performances of its two graceful leads. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star as the couple who, after meeting on a cruise ship, agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months time in order to test the strength of their love. The film suffers from a certain unevenness. After its engaging first act, the lengthy second act during which the lovers are waiting out the six months, which includes some subpar musical numbers by Kerr, is an exercise in tedium. The film's reputation is based upon the plotting chicanery of its third act and its lachrymose denouement. With a film like this, one is tempted to conjecture about the enduring appeal of something so patently false. But if one takes Kerr's accidental injury as a metaphor for her own sense of unworthiness or fear of loving and being loved, along with Grant's love for her in spite of her "fault," the source of its power seems much easier to accept. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

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