I've kept onto this film but it is a really close call. It's just scraped through on the merits of Marie Dressler's dialogue delivery. Annoying wife Norma Shearer (Kitty) dotes on her husband Rod LaRocque (Bobby). I hate female characters like this. Stop doing things for him - no wonder he wants to spend time with another woman in the shape of Helene Millard. Millard certainly seems more fun but also a lot of trouble. As things stand, though, LaRacque is perfectly in the right to get the hell out of this awful saccharine relationship with miss goody two shoes.
So, the couple split up but are reunited 3 years later at a society weekend hosted by Marie Dressler (Boucci). Dressler has an ulterior motive for the invitation of Shearer. At the end of the film, you are praying for a certain outcome and it doesn't happen. It's quite annoying and perpetuates the woman's role as a wet fish, goody two shoes, all-forgiving waste of space. Join a monastery for goodness sake! This film is a bit boring in parts but is saved by Shearer's performance when she is being strong and Marie Dressler's character. It can be fun working out who should partner with whom but the film is incorrectly resolved and also unresolved at the same time. There also needed to be more gayness.
So, the couple split up but are reunited 3 years later at a society weekend hosted by Marie Dressler (Boucci). Dressler has an ulterior motive for the invitation of Shearer. At the end of the film, you are praying for a certain outcome and it doesn't happen. It's quite annoying and perpetuates the woman's role as a wet fish, goody two shoes, all-forgiving waste of space. Join a monastery for goodness sake! This film is a bit boring in parts but is saved by Shearer's performance when she is being strong and Marie Dressler's character. It can be fun working out who should partner with whom but the film is incorrectly resolved and also unresolved at the same time. There also needed to be more gayness.