What a great film and the 129 min. didn't bother me too much. I couldn't stop laughing at the handyman but it was too predictable or I would have given it a higher rating. The wedding of his daughter sparked the lonesomeness Mr. Sweetland was feeling and felt he needed a companion. The story flowed right along and the imagery was displayed to where you could almost picture yourself in the same position. Mr. Sweetland asked for Minta's help and almost hinted at the idea of asking her to marry him. Well that was not the case as he picked his selections on a piece of paper.
He decided to ask each person from top to bottom of the list to marry him. As each one rejected him in their own way and Mr. Sweetland didn't take rejection lightly as his charm went out the window. He finally got to the point that he ran out of ideas and sat in his chair defeated. Well Minta sat down and gave him the perfect idea through the imagery of asking her to be his wife. Then two of the women that were asked to marry him argued about this issue and they had a competition of who he would choose to marry. He chose none and stuck with Minta.
What's interesting to me was there was comedy throughout and it was genuine not like Mr. and Mrs. Smith which was more forced. Everyone was comedic in their own way and set a light overtone. Also, getting around the censors was Hitchcock's genius as Minta played with her buttons on her blouse enough to indicate she had an interest in Mr. Sweetland more than her boss and their was a sexual overtone.
I never laughed as much though all 53 movies I've watched of Hitchcocks as this one. I have to say, he knew how to experiment and make things work and with genre he did just that.
He decided to ask each person from top to bottom of the list to marry him. As each one rejected him in their own way and Mr. Sweetland didn't take rejection lightly as his charm went out the window. He finally got to the point that he ran out of ideas and sat in his chair defeated. Well Minta sat down and gave him the perfect idea through the imagery of asking her to be his wife. Then two of the women that were asked to marry him argued about this issue and they had a competition of who he would choose to marry. He chose none and stuck with Minta.
What's interesting to me was there was comedy throughout and it was genuine not like Mr. and Mrs. Smith which was more forced. Everyone was comedic in their own way and set a light overtone. Also, getting around the censors was Hitchcock's genius as Minta played with her buttons on her blouse enough to indicate she had an interest in Mr. Sweetland more than her boss and their was a sexual overtone.
I never laughed as much though all 53 movies I've watched of Hitchcocks as this one. I have to say, he knew how to experiment and make things work and with genre he did just that.