Wacky, screwball fun. You can forget about the outrageous plot because everyone is just so much fun to watch. As a general rule, I don't like monkeys in movies - everything just gets too stupid. But it's done very well here and watching Esther (the monkey) make the elixir is just fascinating. It's hard to believe that's actually a monkey.
Ginger Rogers always seems to be a better actress when she's not with Fred Astaire, for some reason. And Cary Grant is always a good goof.
There is one uncomfortable scene (very un-PC) for a modern audience about a group of children playing cowboys and Indians, which may have kept this movie from being in the pantheon of classic screwball comedies.
Ginger Rogers always seems to be a better actress when she's not with Fred Astaire, for some reason. And Cary Grant is always a good goof.
There is one uncomfortable scene (very un-PC) for a modern audience about a group of children playing cowboys and Indians, which may have kept this movie from being in the pantheon of classic screwball comedies.