Movie Night: The Reluctant Debutante.

Review #405: The Reluctant Debutante.

Cast
Rex Harrison (Jimmy Broadbent), Kay Kendall (Sheila Broadbent), John Saxon (David Parkson), Sandra Dee (Jane Broadbent), Angela Lansbury (Mabel Claremont), Peter Myers (David Fenner), and Diane Clare (Clarissa Claremont) Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Review
Good morning (or night) everyone. This is probably the first film review on this show done in the morning rather than in the afternoon, or at night, but why does this matter? Eh, I don't know, I suppose to make review that accompanies this seem less weirder. This is the first film here on Movie Night starring Rex Harrison, a former stage actor and also a film actor for over 40 years. His performance seems easy to sum up: Talk dialogue easy to forget and then drink while the rest of the film goes on. But around the middle the film starts to give Harrison something to do, he starts to have something to do, and the character (though mixed) isn't too bad. Kay Kendall (who would sadly die at only 32) is okay, but her character is kinda odd. She doesn't want her (step)daughter to like this normal-ish, decent young man, but she'd wants her to like an awkward, boring, weird young man. Maybe it makes sense to someone else, but it doesn't have too much sense to it. But the rest of the actors aren't too bad, they aren't too cliche, and sometimes the film does generate laughs, not from cliches, of course. It seems weird at times and it may like it goes in circles, but it does have some enjoyability, and I imagine it will be better than that remake. But hey, what do I know.

Overall, I give it 7 out of 10 stars.