Genre:
Comedy
Directed
by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:
Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond
Running
time: 94 minutes
David Smith, a lawyer living in New York, is
visited at his office by a county official telling him that, due to a matter of
jurisdictions, his marriage to his wife Ann is invalid. Over the course of the
day, Ann finds out about this through the same official, a childhood friend.
When her husband fails to discuss the matter with her as she expected when he
comes home, a quarrel erupts that leads to their separation. David, who
beforehand had his doubts about married life, will try anything to conquer the
woman he loves.
Though this film was directed by Alfred
Hitchcock, it certainly cannot be called Hitchcockian in nature. It is anything
but that, really. Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a plain little screwball farce. There
are some funny moments, but there is a lack of substance to it all: Nothing
much ever happens. All the way through, I was waiting for something for Godot,
so to speak. It is a little lover’s quarrel stretched out over more than 90
minutes. The people involved were all talented, but I just lost interest pretty
quickly.
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