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- 1957
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
- 1957
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
Summary A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Directed By: Leo McCarey
Written By: Delmer Daves, Mildred Cram, Donald Ogden Stewart, Leo McCarey
- 1957
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
- 1957
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
An Affair to Remember
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Summary A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Directed By: Leo McCarey
Written By: Delmer Daves, Mildred Cram, Donald Ogden Stewart, Leo McCarey
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
71
64% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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A remake by Leo McCarey of his own 1939 classic Love Affair, the film progresses as a graceful switch from romantic comedy to weepie melodrama, reflecting the director’s deep-rooted belief in the intricate bond between laughter and tears.
The film, directed by Leo McCarey, is almost a shot-by-shot remake of his 1939 hit "Love Affair," with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, but this version sparkles thanks to Grant and Kerr's crackling chemistry. [15 Jan 2008, p.E11]
Director Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (1957) was - and always will be - a poignant romantic fairy tale elevated above the typical studio tear-jerker. This is because of the performances turned in by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and outstanding production values. [17 Apr 1994, p.71]
The mid-'50s version is slow going most of the way, but there's no beating Cary
Grant and Deborah Kerr in the charm department, and director Leo McCarey comes up with some amusing moments that are more diverting than anything in Beatty's updated edition. [13 Oct 1994, p.10]
This film is one of the most effective tearjerkers ever made and is given sophistication and style by its consummate lead actors.
Branded by some as nothing more than a glorified soap opera, "An Affair to Remember" isn't afraid to employ some rather obvious dramatic devices, but it's hard not to become swept-up into a romance that seems doomed to failure.
Mr. McCarey's direction is unpropitiously and unaccountably slow. Could it be, too, that a brand of make-believe that was tolerable eighteen years ago, before color and CinemaScope and other intrusions, is just a little discomforting now?
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Boxoffice Magazine Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
