A Film to Remember

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What: An Affair to Remember (1957)

Rating: 7

Non-Quantifiable Rating: The grandmother of all chick flicks

This movie practically begs to be watched whilst in sweatpants with a tub of Ben and Jerry's and a box of Kleenex.  Like most people from my generation, my only prior knowledge of An Affair to Remember came from the 973 references to it in "Sleepless in Seattle."  I figured it was finally time to see it.  Here are the high and low points::

High: It doesn't pretend to be anything it's not.  It's romantic, it's cheesy, it's sad, and if that's what you're in the mood for, you'll be happy.

High: The romantic female protagonist is 36 years old, and yet there is not one reference to a ticking biological clock.  Kudos, 1950s.

Low: A quick IMDB search revealed that the chick who plays Cary Grant's grandmother is only 16 years older than him in real life.  That had to be an awkward casting job: "Hey, you look roughly 35 years older than you actually are, so you can have the role."

Low: This movie is so sappy, it warrants the same description my dad once used for a Tom Jones song: "It's like you ordered a cake and asked them to double the sugar and add 150 angel figurines."