June Bride is a tender and affectionate romantic comedy, whose shape is taken from a broken relationship of two hard working professionals who could not make it work years earlier, but somehow find that their love never really died. The plot pushes them together when writer Montgomery gets called back from his European assignment, to either take up writing for his ex-girlfriend, now a powerful editor of a sister publication, or get fired.
The complications that ensue from this set up are delightful. Montgomery, in his always droll fashion, makes the most of his comedic moments and Davis matches him.
Of course, we know this once passionate couple will be thrown together, the backdrop of a teen wedding playing as subtext. But when Davis finds she really does love this guy, rushes back to NY to tell her editor (played by that lawyer who wanted to send Santa Claus to jail in Miracle on 34th St), only to find him in the office listening to her resignation speech, just misses the mark. The scene, played by two strong and assertive individuals, gets reduced to Davis relinquishing her autonomy and nearly kneeling at Montgomery's feet, when he pleads that he has to be the one who "wears the pants in the family." It's a ludicrous, sexist ending, one that does not even give the audience a satisfying ending embrace.
The two stars have a great chemistry and match wits in many scenes. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent. The movie is quite wonderful, right up till the end!
The complications that ensue from this set up are delightful. Montgomery, in his always droll fashion, makes the most of his comedic moments and Davis matches him.
Of course, we know this once passionate couple will be thrown together, the backdrop of a teen wedding playing as subtext. But when Davis finds she really does love this guy, rushes back to NY to tell her editor (played by that lawyer who wanted to send Santa Claus to jail in Miracle on 34th St), only to find him in the office listening to her resignation speech, just misses the mark. The scene, played by two strong and assertive individuals, gets reduced to Davis relinquishing her autonomy and nearly kneeling at Montgomery's feet, when he pleads that he has to be the one who "wears the pants in the family." It's a ludicrous, sexist ending, one that does not even give the audience a satisfying ending embrace.
The two stars have a great chemistry and match wits in many scenes. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent. The movie is quite wonderful, right up till the end!