A Lady Takes a Chance
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Movie Reviews of A Lady Takes a Chance
Movie Review: A Lady Takes A Chance
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a BIG John Wayne fan. I was surprised at how good it was. It is not your "normal" Wayne movie. In this one Jean Arth;ur plays the part of Molly Trousdale. She sets out from New York on a cross-country bus tour, because she wants to see America. When she gets out West she runs into Duke Hutkins (John Wayne), who is competing in a rodeo. Duke assumes she's just another pretty girl who wants to be with a rodeo star. But she is a lady who won't be roped easly. They keep meeting throughout the rest of the movie, with Duke following her to New York, (where she has three other men who love her), to win her back and takes her back out west. Needless to say, I liked the movie and give it 4 stars.
Russ
Posted 02/23/2008
Movie Review: The Duke has never been more charming...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an early effort of John Wayne's, but he holds his own in this light comedy. The supporting cast are, as always, worth watching as they all progress through the romantic antics of this movie. If you've never seen it-do so!Movie Review: Lady & Wayne
Summary: 4 Stars
Good film but not Wayne's best. Quality of print is somewhat lacking. Always enjoy Jean Arthur.Movie Review: pretty much a failure
Summary: 3 Stars
The problem with this film is that although both are good actors, Jean Artur and John Wayne just seems to have no chemistry even in the clinches. I don't think they much liked each other and it showed? She comes off a minor eastern type and he seems to be cast as an insensitive brute of a cowboy who cares for his horse more than his girl friend ( pretty much like the modern guy who spends all his time working on his car instead of keeping his wife and kids happy). They say opposites attract, but it doesn't show up here on film! Interesting that Clark Gable could make one of these romantic comedies and it would become a classic, John Wayne should fall flat in the same type of movie? I think what results is like having two straight men and no comic.Movie Review: Good Romantic Comedy; Terrible DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
This is far from Jean Arthur's classic comedies of the late 1930s and the early 40s, but she's as charming as ever. John Wayne is also surprisingly good as the romantic leading man, but the film is a showcase for Jean Arthur's talents from beginning to end (it was produced by her husband).
The DVD, however, is terrible. Its watchable, but you feel like you're watching the film on 1980s VHS, late night TV or one of those cheap public domain DVDs. The image is very soft, there are visible scratches and the sound is very bad. Still, I doubt that Criterion will ever pick a film like this one, so if you like 1940s romantic comedies, and Jean Arthur in particular, you should "take a chance" on this one.