‘MOVE OVER, DARLING’ IS A DELIGHTFUL GOOD TIME
Full of antics that can seem silly, the 1960s comedy Move Over, Darling is a good time.
Move Over, Darling (1963) Film Review
Remarrying isn’t an action that lawyer Nick Arden (James Garner) has taken lightly. It’s been five years and with his wife missing in the aftermath of a terrible plane crash, Nick has her legally declared dead just as he prepares to marry Bianca. A judge marries them and off they go to enjoy their honeymoon when suddenly, Nick sees a very familiar face from his past.
In the hotel lobby is Ellen (Doris Day), the woman he loved – loves, mother of his children and the woman he just had declared dead.
This complicates everything as Nick finds himself in the middle of a relationship he doesn’t want to navigate.
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‘MOVE OVER, DARLING’ IS A DELIGHTFUL GOOD TIME Share on XMost certainly not the kind of film everyone will like, Move Over, Darling is undeniably charming. The entire film connects each thing through goofy antics and the clumsy attempts of Garner’s Nick to break things off with one of the women in his life. This isn’t always a style of storytelling that everyone likes, but without the delays and confusion, you wouldn’t have a story and of course, the laughs would be zilch without this. In spite of these repeat erroneous attempts, Garner is still a likable character.
He is surprisingly funny and delightful in this; based on what I have seen him in, this is a role that really goes against his typecasting. Of course this is not a role that Doris Day is uncomfortable in, and is a film that she fits ideally and wonderfully in. Also, big name stars from this timeframe, Don Knotts and Chuck Connors appear in small but memorable roles. It’s quite safe to say that the cast and their respective characters are fun, too.
If you like other titles of this timeframe or just other roles with some of these stars, well, Move Over, Darling is a must see. Based on one scene alone, it’s quite fair to say films like this would later inspire titles from the likes of Nancy Meyers. It’s a perfectly madcap and romantic comedy that is big on laughs and short on tears.
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Content: there really isn’t much to note. The film has a lot of innuendo winks and an entire sequence plays with someone trying to not have sex. This is all done in a comedic way that’s very much more covert than overt. There is other suggestive talk about sex and something happening. The film is PG, but could be soft PG-13.
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looks interesting
It was really cute.