Holiday Movie Review

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happened to wake up early this morning and TCM was showing Holiday with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. I missed the first 10 minutes, but it really didn't matter. Following is a quick review of the movie

Director: George Cukor
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Plot: (according to IMDb) "Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, with the exception of black-sheep Linda and drunken Ned, want Johnny to settle down to big business, he rebels, wishing instead to spend the early years of his life on "holiday." With the help of his friends Nick and Susan Potter, he makes up his mind as to which is the better course, and the better mate."
Should you see it? YES!
Rating (out of 5 hearts): &hearts&hearts&hearts&hearts
My Comments: This is one of those movies you can't see with any judgements. It's pretty clear from the beginning of the movie that Johnny (Grant) belongs with Linda (Hepburn) instead of Julia Seton.

The Setons are the stereotypical wealthy family. They turn up their noses at anyone who does manual labor or doesn't come from the "right kind" of family. Johnny grew up with blue collar parents and worked his way through Harvard business school.

So when Johnny is 30, he has made his first million dollars and decides that he's going to quit his job and enjoy his life while he's still young. He just hasn't told his fiancée Julia.

When Linda meets Johnny, she finds a kindred soul and admires his plan to a enjoy a life spent pursuing happiness instead of money.

I think you can guess what happens. And when it did, it made me smile.

Me.

I am the woman lacking most of the romantic bones in the typical female body.

Definitely check out this movie if you see it on your schedule. It will leave you feeling good about life. :-)

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Now playing: Madonna - Holiday

The Philadelphia Story

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ecause I get tired of writing 5 page posts about movies, I've decided to come up with the quick version so Relax Max will read it and so Monique won't cuss me out. :-)

The Philadelphia Story
Starring: Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart
Director: George Cukor
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Plot from IMDb.com: "When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself."
Should you see it? YES! I loved it!

{/end quick review}

I think that one of the reasons I loved this movie so much is that I felt a real kinship with Tracy Lord. That is something I NEVER thought I'd say, LOL. But in this case, she's Hepburn's character.

Her Ex-Husband (Grant), her Father, and her Fiance all describe her as an "Ice Queen" or a goddess type of person. She has high standards for herself and is unforgiving of others who don't meet those standards. As I've gotten older, I've realized that it is unfair of me to judge other people by MY standards. It doesn't mean I don't still do it, but I try not to look at everything as black and white and see more shades of gray.

Anyway, I loved the movie from the very first scene and continued to love it the whole way through. I'm sorry that I deleted it from my DVR :-( , but I wanted to save "On Golden Pond" for a few more days to figure out if it's something I want to buy. I'm definitely going to buy "The Philadelphia Story"! Just thinking about it makes me smile.

Loved it to death even though I'm usually Anti Romantic Comedy in the extreme.

Rent it, borrow it, buy it, whatever. It's a good pitcha, you should watch it!