You can't help but compare this to An Affair to Remember, whether you've seen the original Love Affair, or not.
The cinematography of this film is very dated, unfortunately during a period when there seemed to have been a 'darker the better' policy, even outdoors during daylight. In stark contrast to An Affair to Remember which was always bright enough to see the scene.
Grant and Kerr are a more believable couple than Beatty and Bening, ironically. Bening's affection for her character's friend (Meg Ryan) in the Women was more obvious than her love for Beatty's character in this movie.
Maybe Beatty's inadequacies were just more obvious next to the brilliance of Katherine Hepburn, but his character's love of his aged relative was not obvious at all.
Thinking back on the movie 24 hours after seeing it for the first time, I can't think of any reason why I'd recommend it.
The cinematography of this film is very dated, unfortunately during a period when there seemed to have been a 'darker the better' policy, even outdoors during daylight. In stark contrast to An Affair to Remember which was always bright enough to see the scene.
Grant and Kerr are a more believable couple than Beatty and Bening, ironically. Bening's affection for her character's friend (Meg Ryan) in the Women was more obvious than her love for Beatty's character in this movie.
Maybe Beatty's inadequacies were just more obvious next to the brilliance of Katherine Hepburn, but his character's love of his aged relative was not obvious at all.
Thinking back on the movie 24 hours after seeing it for the first time, I can't think of any reason why I'd recommend it.