Yes, "An Affair to Remember" is sentimental hogwash from 1957, but I loved every minute of it then and I love it now. That said, it is the luminous screen presence of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr that makes the film so watchable. They were movie stars, that's for sure, but they bring a dignity and idealistic quality to this rather unbelievable tale. It is over the top. It is soap-opera-esque. And that is part of its charm. Sometimes an absence of realism is just the ticket.
Review of An Affair to Remember
