Indiscreet
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Movie Reviews of Indiscreet
Movie Review: "There is no sincerity like a woman telling a lie"
Summary: 3 Stars
"Indiscreet" is a shockingly weak film considering the utter star power involved with this project. You have legendary director Stanley Donen, the man behind such classics as "Singin' in the Rain", "Funny Face", and "Charade". You have a jaw-dropping wardrobe of gorgeous evening gowns courtesy of Christian Dior. You have Ingrid Bergman, one of Old-Hollywood's most beautiful, talented, and scandalous actresses. And then you have the immortal Cary Grant; need I say more? Simply put, "Indiscreet" should have been utterly fabulous. Instead, it's utterly average.
Bergman plays Anne Kalman, a famous actress who falls utterly in love with a charming NATO diplomat, Philip Adams (Grant, of course), who also happens to be a married man. And that's about it for the plot.
The true weakness of this film is indeed in its simplicity. While simplicity is often the understated power of so many Old-Hollywood films, this is not one of them. As Anna and Philip fall even more in love, I found myself just waiting for the expected "relationship killer" to happen that will separate the love-birds and thus pave the way for the inevitable "I love you!" grand finale. Though the romance is indeed charming and takes full advantage of the charms and chemistry of Bergman and Grant (my absolute favorite actor of all time), "Indiscreet" is, in the end, a standard romance with absolutely nothing that differentiates it from the scores of romances already out there.
Movie Review: Yes, I'll Probably be Tarred and Feathered...
Summary: 3 Stars
...for being the only reviewer NOT to love "Indiscreet". Every once and a while, this film manages to make it to the top of the bin at NYC's Channel 13/PBS, and then gets repeatedly shown for what appears to be a full month. I will agree that Ingrid's apartment looks great and I would like to live there, yes.
But I find her and Cary's love affair, well, boring. I'm sorry! I mean, I guess it's good for them and all, but I just couldn't get into it. Here's the deal: This is a "grown-up" relationship where actress Ingrid had taken up with married man Cary. But then she finds out--but that would be spoiling it, and believe me, there's little enough going on so it would be a sin to let the only cat there is out of the bag.
Sometimes, also, Ingrid wears a type of negligee/robe that looks too much like a housecoat that more fittingly was worn by my mom and her sisters. It is too matronly for a woman who is supposed to be glamorous and sophisticated--I don't think it would entice Cary at all.
Upshot: Not so much "indiscreet" as "insubstantial". So many other things out there instead, like "North by Northwest" and "Gaslight".
Movie Review: A GREAT DUO STARS IN AN ELEGANT COMEDY.
Summary: 3 Stars
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are always delightful to see in a movie, because they were two of the greatest actors of their era. "Indiscreet" isn't the typical romantic comedy, because it's much more subtle than that kind of movies. Cary Grant appeared in a lot of excellent comedies like "Bringing Up Baby", "His Girl Friday" or "The Philadelphia Story" to name a few, but Ingrid Bergman wasn't the usual choice to cast in a comedy, perhaps because her specialty were the dramas ("Casablanca", of course). Well, despite that Ingrid did a great work in "Indiscreet".
In this movie our classy duo must overcome adversities of all kind, and to be honest, I didn't laugh out loud with "Indiscreet", but I was interested in the plot at all time. Perhaps a different casting would have resulted in a very standard movie, but Cary and Ingrid can make a good movie even better.
So if you are interested in movies where Cary Grant appears, or you are interested in Ingrid Bergman's filmography, well, "Indiscreet" is a good choice. Good movie.
Movie Review: A Tired Drawing Room Comedy
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm yawning. The movie would seem to have everything going for it: Two gorgeous people playing two gorgeous people, and the two are Bergman and Grant; a director in Donen who could do great stuff; skilled second leads. I think drawing room comedies were just running out of steam by the time this movie was made. I couldn't find much interest for the contrived romantic complications of two wealthly, sophisticated, attractive, extremely well groomed high society types. So much of the plot is obviously contrived. So many of the misunderstandings seem be foolishly reacted to by two supposedly smart, sophisticated people. Wish Donen and the writer had made the movie with some sort of intrique for the two of them to work on together...kind of a Notorious romance combined with a Charade lightness.Movie Review: Pretty good until . . .
Summary: 3 Stars
Ingrid Bergman falls in love with playboy Cary Grant. In order to keep her at bay (he doesn't want to marry her) he makes believe he's already married (he thinks this is an honorable thing to do!). The picture moves along nicely until the cat is let out of the bag, then it goes flat. "How dare he make love to me and not be married," Bergman cries, and with that the picture gets boring.