6/10
Slow war melodrama
15 May 2003
Warning: Spoilers
The plot is easy to follow although some elements are artificially included in it. It does not make any sense to show Monique Blair (Natalie Wood) very much impressed when he met Lieutenant Sam Loggins (Frank Sinatra) for the first time, then without any justification she said that she did not like him as a lover. The reasons given to him by her mother (Leora Dana) were weak. I am sure that if a man loves a woman, he would not pay too much attention to the fact that her father was a black man. Then Monique met Britt Harris (Tony Curtis) for the first time, and here the real love started. Curtis was a shameless person able to seduce any lady because of his beauty and manners. They decided to marry, i.e. she wanted to marry Britt, but he lied until he is discovered by Sam. In that moment, Britt, non logically to me, explained that he had not intention to marry to a lady of black origin. In any case, I agree that the film is watchable, acting is acceptable in all cases, and the happy end is also reasonable.
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