my favorite wife

this movie was alright. i enjoy watching most anything that cary grant is in. the premise for this film sounded decent: on the day cary grant, a supposed widower is remarried, his first wife returns from the island she was stranded on for the last seven years. i think it should have made for an interesting enough film but halfway through i became pretty bored and had several gripes with the film. first of all, no one really seemed to very suprised by the first wife's return, which was odd and unbelievable. now i do agree with jay about people getting all huffy about movies not being realistic enough, but your spouse/daughter/mother you presumed was dead returning would be somewhat emotional i think, even if the movie is a comedy. secondly, the majority of the movie was about manipulating people, which i'm never realy into, even if it is for comedy's sake. i just don't find it very funny, in real life or in movies. but it was watchable, even if it doesn't rank with my favorite cary grant films.