Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine and their two dogs fall in love in pre-WWI Austria. This movie starts out strong, but becomes boilerplate about 30 minutes in. You get the feeling Wilder and Brackett were phoning their script in; there’s little of their trademark wit. If it weren’t for Bing (and the occasional song, though this is hardly a “musical”) this would totally blow.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
