Review of Young at Heart

7/10
Young at Heart marked the only time Doris Day and Frank Sinatra appeared on film together
8 September 2020
Before reviewing the movie proper, I'll just mention that the YouTube upload I watched of this was off-sync after the first 30 or so minutes. So much so, my mom was very confused at the narrative but I managed to figure out what was going to happen about 30 seconds or more ahead of time. This was the only time popular singers Frank Sinatra and Doris Day teamed up for a movie and it's pretty entertaining if not quite as great if it could have been. I mean, Sinatra doesn't appear until about 30 or so minutes have passed and when he does, he's not quite the happy-go-lucky fella he was previously in other movies, instead he's quite depressed because of his character's attitude. Ms. Day, in contrast, is quite the opposite considering the family she lives with. I know this was a remake of a straight drama called Four Daughters and that the fate of the character Sinatra plays here was different when he was played by John Garfield. I'll reserve actual judgement until I see FD and perhaps watch this again, hopefully with a more perfect print than the one I just watched. While Sinatra sang some standards, Ms. Day sings some new songs. I'll just now say that despite those technical flaws I just mentioned, I enjoyed Young at Heart. I think my mom did as well despite her confusion...
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