The story (and director) is exactly the same as the one from 1939's
LOVE AFFAIR. On a cruise ship, a penniless playboy engaged to an heiress falls in love with a
penniless singer who herself has a wealthy fiancee. When the liner arrives in
NYC they agree to meet in six months if they still love each other. She doesn't
make it because she's in an accident and is too embarrassed to tell her beloved
that she's now confined to a wheelchair.Nice story, but I did not like Deborah Kerr. I thought she was an bore from beginning to end. In a perfect world it would have been the original's Irene Dunne reprising her role, but this time opposite Cary Grant. That would have been awesome! Especially if they would have deleted all those scenes of children singing. Oh, my fucking Satan that shit was torture!
Technically, AATR was a better film than the original, but it's still nothing special. Grant does a decent job, but honestly that script wasn't all that great the first time around and now on the second go through it's lost all of it's appeal. I can't recommend it. I know it's a popular romance movie, but I found it boring with zero spark between Grant and Kerr. Skip it.
It says "Terry" on the subtitle but it clearly sounds like he says
"Hello, Debbie."
