I didn't dislike this film, although I will admit that many facets are annoying. Cary Grant's Johnnie is too suave to be such a cad, Joan Fontaine's Lina is too smart, attractive, and wealthy to be suckered so easily, the "I love yous" and wedding come far too fast, a lavish and lengthy honeymoon and beautiful furnished house are wholly implausible based on the money at hand... and of course the abrupt and changed ending from the source material is bothersome... but even with all that (and more) the film works as an entertaining feature, because Hitch is a master of making everything unnerving.
While the movie hasn't aged as well as some of Hitchcock's classics, it's still a decent effort and worth a watch. The altered ending IS peculiar and makes one wonder how the original cut might have fared and been judged with the passage of time. Sadly, we'll never know.
While the movie hasn't aged as well as some of Hitchcock's classics, it's still a decent effort and worth a watch. The altered ending IS peculiar and makes one wonder how the original cut might have fared and been judged with the passage of time. Sadly, we'll never know.