Thursday, November 24, 2022
Made for Each Other
- Commentary: Under construction.
It seems that, although often praising aspects of this movie, critics also had bones to pick about it. The review attached to the title of this post takes a much kinder view than this one written by "disinterested spectator", a member of the Daily Kos community, but they both have problems with certain plot manipulations that they each consider unbelievable, including a deux ex machina ending. It's funny because, in the Daily Kos review the critic mentions that kind of ending as spoiling the film The Wrong Man. I beg to differ. I didn't even remember the deus ex machina manipulation in The Wrong Man and had to go back and review the story to see if this accusation is true. It is, but, as it turns out, this rosary scene was, and is, completely insignificant to me, obviously. Perhaps I was able to dismiss it because religion wasn't sprinkled throughout the entire film and I'm an agnostic atheist, have been for my entire life, so, you know, those things, unless they're rampant in a movie, tend to escape my notice. My understanding, from the reviews I've read, is that religion occupies a major focus in this particular movie. This heightens my desire to watch it. Soon. Despite my non-religious bent, I make no secret of my fascination with movies with lots of religion in them. Why do you think I own The Left Behind Trilogy?
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Carole Lombard Jane Mason James Stewart John Horace Mason Charles Coburn Judge Joseph M. Doolittle Lucile Watson Mrs. Harriet Mason Eddie Quillan Conway Alma Kruger Sister Madeline Louise Beavers Lily, Cook #3 Ward Bond Jim Hatton
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1939
Directed by John Cromwell.
Labels: dramaF, goflexA, james-stewart, louise-beavers, religion2
