George Cukor-directed comedy-drama, written by the estimable team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, features Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray as a married couple on the rocks, explaining to a divorce court judge when, how, and why they fell out of love. Initially, the pairing of the leads (Ray in his debut) doesn't quite convince, but Cukor does a fine job at building up a rapport between these two which is pretty convincing by the picture's midway point. Still, for a film touted as being an honest, daring look at modern marriage, the set-up seems suspiciously safe and glossy--with the married couple sleeping in separate beds! There aren't many surprises in the screenplay, though there are witty lines in the fast-talking, streetwise vein and the wrap-up is sweetly accomplished. **1/2 from ****
Review of The Marrying Kind
