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I truly enjoyed this movie. So many movies these days get you into the bedroom with the characters as quickly as possible, you've not even been properly introduced! ***SPOILER*** I appreciated the fact that the director gave you time to take in the growing relationship between the main characters. A perfect example is the elevator ride after they return from walking. The doors close and you get to watch them seduce each other with only their eyes for all three floors! No grabbing, necking or groping to spoil the moment or to obviously tell you that Grant is going to be invited in. ***END SPOILER*** Bergman nailed her character right on as a super-star actress who can be just as dramatic in her personal life as she is on stage. A good "chick flick" for those afternoons, when on the rare occasion, the kids take a nap!

I have been reading some of the comments about this film. Everyone needs to lighten up - This movie is basically what movie making is supposed to be about: ENTERTAINMENT! This is a light comedy. It stars two of the screens finest: Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant. It has no hidden message, no hidden meanings. Just sit back and enjoy the performances. The entire cast is splendid - and directed very, very well. It was intended to be a "fun" film. It is fun to see the relationship blossom - it's fun to see the chaos that ensues. I have always adored Ingrid Bergman - I have always loved Cary Grant. You'll love them, too. Stanley Donen made very adult films, meaning subject, not content in this case. There is nothing in this film that children should not see - they just won't understand it. But it was not made for kids anyway, so, pop some popcorn, grab a soda, put your feet up and have fun watching this film!

I, like many others, I'm sure watched this movie because of the star power attached. Fans of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman will not be disappointed. Cary Grant is as debonair and sophisticated as ever and Ingrid Bergman is as glamourous and yet down to earth as ever. The leads share wonderful chemistry and their romance is absolutely believable. The complications that need to be resolved from them to live happily ever after provide great comedic situations. Sparkling dialgoue and sure handed direction from Stanley Donen make this vehicle a must see for fans of these two Hollywood icons, 8/10.

Star trifle wastes Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman on stuffy, inferior material. Derived from the play "Kind Sir", plot has a popular stage actress falling for an American Diplomat in London; trouble is, he says he's married. Director Stanley Donen stages the proceedings just like a play (the only exception is a funny sequence involving split-screen). Ingrid is classy and lovely (as usual), but there are no sparks between she and Grant, who is a real mystery; at half-mast for the first hour, Cary suddenly livens up...and perhaps goes too far, becoming hammy and obnoxious. The plot has too few twists, although the last-act is witty and features some clever dialogue. ** from ****

I can't believe that some people thought any part of this film was boring! It isn't an action movie. It's about the developing relationship between two mature people and it is, indeed, a comedy. There are some great lines from Ingrid, who holds one spellbound throughout - with her acting, with her beauty and with those elegant gowns. Sorry, don't even mention those other actresses in the same breath as Bergman! She is in a class of her own - and shows it in this film. She was 42 when she filmed it - and it really doesn't make any difference. She's not pretending to be a young girl with her first lover. As for any comparison with "Notorious" - no! You can't compare these two films. Both are great, both star Bergman and Grant - similarity ends there! I would like to add that the supporting roles are admirably played by all - especially the brilliant Cecil Parker [Alfred Munson], who had me in stitches. Mary Hutchings [founder, Ingrid Bergman International at Yahoo Clubs]

One of my very favorite movies. Why? It's such a perfect little gem of a film that it's almost impossible to take it apart to see how it works. It is undeniably a slight film, but it has the elegant simplicity of a fine Swiss watch. Bergman and Grant's characters live in a world of wealth - fine clothing and food, casual international travel, servants but always come across as real people in a real romance - funny, tempermental, charming, silly, scheming, brilliant, irrational and clever. The film is one of the great treasures of the romance/light comedy genre. (Oh. With all due respect to Ms. Down and Mr. Wagner, the fact that this film was remade in the 1990's with Robert Wagner and Lesley-Anne Down is one of the great sins of Hollywood.)

Cecil Parker and his wife, Phyllis Calvert, bring financier Cary Grant to meet Miss Calvert's sister, actress Ingrid Bergman. They fall in love instantly. Before doing anything about it, Grant explains that he is married and cannot get a divorce. Miss Bergman doesn't care, and they begin a passionate affair. There is only one flaw to their relationship: Grant is not married. It's a lovely, mature, romantic comedy, with both stars at the peak of their thespic powers. The best scene is the one in which they are in an elevator, simply looking at each other. Everything else, the witty lines, the inevitable contretemps when Miss Bergman discovers the truth, even the delightful scene where the cast dances the Highland Fling, pale. The one slight flaw is Miss Calvert's casting. It's impossible to beleve that she and Miss Bergman are sisters whenever they speak.