Watching "Here Comes Mr. Jordan," I had that experience that happens every so often when you're simply not responding to something the way seemingly every other person on earth has responded to the same thing.
I've only heard about what a classic film this is, up there with some of the best, so was disappointed to find that I was restless and somewhat bored with it. The assembly-line approach taken to filmmaking during the studio era could result in masterpieces, but it more often resulted in producing films like this -- a bit flat and uninspired, never offensively bad but rarely breathtakingly good. Robert Montgomery, James Gleason and Claude Rains hit their marks and are easy enough to watch, but little about this film made me laugh or otherwise feel much of anything at all.
Grade: B
I've only heard about what a classic film this is, up there with some of the best, so was disappointed to find that I was restless and somewhat bored with it. The assembly-line approach taken to filmmaking during the studio era could result in masterpieces, but it more often resulted in producing films like this -- a bit flat and uninspired, never offensively bad but rarely breathtakingly good. Robert Montgomery, James Gleason and Claude Rains hit their marks and are easy enough to watch, but little about this film made me laugh or otherwise feel much of anything at all.
Grade: B