As of this review, there is only one other review, and it is very accurate. I want to elaborate on some specific points that make me give it a good, but not stellar, rating.
We have two major plots going on at once in the story of a fairly upper class radio evangelist who signs a contract with a hateful, mercantile man who promotes him to go on an expensive tour. One plot is about a son the man had from an affair that enrages his employer, and which he keeps secret. The second is his niece, who is a party girl with a fairly good heart whom he becomes guardian to following her mother's death.
In ways, this is mature, but in ways it seems very insubstantial in the motivations of the protagonist. To most of us, his motives seem very meager in his willingness to succumb to his boss's demands, but that's probably why most of us aren't in high positions.
His motivation to keep his son a secret never really pans out for me, even before his boss demands it be a secret. While his boss seems a bit of a caricature to most of us, I do realize such men do exist in the upper crust, and again this is due to most of us being totally alien to the life style.
The movie does a pretty good job in showing the motivations of the people. I'm not sure it shows enough to persuade ordinary people to accept the protagonist's desire to keep his secret. I know it's a hard thing to tell your wife, but considering what the man preached, it especially seemed necessary. The man was educated enough to know the phrase "oh what a tangle web we weave".
On the other plot of the niece, I don't want to spoil that. It gets very scary, though. The main characters pull this through, and the actors and actresses are good. Some of them are asked to play very shallow and horrible characters, and that takes some guts.
All in all, it was a worth while film.
We have two major plots going on at once in the story of a fairly upper class radio evangelist who signs a contract with a hateful, mercantile man who promotes him to go on an expensive tour. One plot is about a son the man had from an affair that enrages his employer, and which he keeps secret. The second is his niece, who is a party girl with a fairly good heart whom he becomes guardian to following her mother's death.
In ways, this is mature, but in ways it seems very insubstantial in the motivations of the protagonist. To most of us, his motives seem very meager in his willingness to succumb to his boss's demands, but that's probably why most of us aren't in high positions.
His motivation to keep his son a secret never really pans out for me, even before his boss demands it be a secret. While his boss seems a bit of a caricature to most of us, I do realize such men do exist in the upper crust, and again this is due to most of us being totally alien to the life style.
The movie does a pretty good job in showing the motivations of the people. I'm not sure it shows enough to persuade ordinary people to accept the protagonist's desire to keep his secret. I know it's a hard thing to tell your wife, but considering what the man preached, it especially seemed necessary. The man was educated enough to know the phrase "oh what a tangle web we weave".
On the other plot of the niece, I don't want to spoil that. It gets very scary, though. The main characters pull this through, and the actors and actresses are good. Some of them are asked to play very shallow and horrible characters, and that takes some guts.
All in all, it was a worth while film.