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Unfaithfully Yours

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Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:13

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In his last Hollywood film, Preston Sturges crafts a powerfully rendered mix of slapstick, screwball, and melodrama in his darkest comedy ever. Rex Harrison plays Alfred de Carter, the effete and... In his last Hollywood film, Preston Sturges crafts a powerfully rendered mix of slapstick, screwball, and melodrama in his darkest comedy ever. Rex Harrison plays Alfred de Carter, the effete and blasé classical conductor returning to New York on the eve of a great performance. Awaiting his return are his beautiful wife Daphne, her coy sister, and her brother-in-law Auguste. Alfred had asked Auguste to look after Daphne during his absence, and when August alerts Alfred that he had Daphne watched by a detective and attempts to deliver the report, the seeds of doubt are planted in an otherwise blissfully romantic marriage The superb Alfred slowly comes undone as he unwillingly lets the idea of Daphne's possible infidelity contaminate his every thought. Sirk elicits uproarious performances from the dry and evocative cast as the film leads to a masterfully complex climax: Alfred fantasizing variously gruesome, magnanimous, and gallant actions he might take, while simultaneously conducting the symphony orchestra to an enraptured audience. When Alfred attempts to act on his fantasy, reality becomes stranger than fiction, and his devious plans are derailed in a series of hysterical physical gags and unsuspected misunderstandings. [More]

Starring: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence

Starring: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence, Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, Edgar Kennedy, Alan Bridge, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer

Director: Preston Sturges

Director: Preston Sturges
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Producer: Preston Sturges
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini, Richard Wagner, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Not much liked at the time, but a small masterpiece just the same in its skilful blending of moods, genuinely moving and quite beautifully played by Harrison and Darnell.

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02/09/06
Tom Milne
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03/26/09
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No director ever matched Preston Sturges's way of blending low slapstick and literate dialogue comedy.

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11/12/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

It is too bad that Preston Sturges is not compelled by law to turn out at least one movie -- maybe two -- a year. For nobody makes films as he does.

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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
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New York Times
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one of Preston Sturges' best films, and perhaps his most undersung.

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06/26/05
Christopher Null
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06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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It's a brilliantly accomplished work offering a mixture of bitter comedy and outright despair.

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03/07/04
Dennis Schwartz
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09/26/03
Carol Cling
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09/19/03
Brandon Judell
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06/02/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

It's as close as you're likely to get to a perfect movie.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
01/22/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Not vintage Preston Sturges, but the finale is a scream.

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11/29/02
Dan Lybarger
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10/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The last of Sturges's Hollywood films, and one of his finest.

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01/01/00
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Unfaithfully Yours (1948) is a wonderful, brilliant and stylish comedy by Preston Sturges - it was the last of his Hollywood films.

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01/01/00
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