The arrival of an estranged father upsets the preparations for a young woman's wedding. He tries to envelop everyone around him in his charms -- his remarried ex-wife, his daughter, and even their house cook. The greatest concern of his ex-wife is that his sweet talk seems to be changing their daughter's mind about the big step she is about to take.
I found this film deeply infuriating as I started to watch it, mainly because its central character comes across to the viewer as not charming at all. It's quite a stretch to suppose any other character in the movie might think differently, but maybe I am wrong about this -- after all, they say that blood is thicker than water. Or maybe, rather than a genetic phenomenon, it has a sexual component to it -- an implication that women are somehow attracted to scoundrels. Well, make what you will of it, this is not a particularly entertaining movie. According to Wikipedia, the leading actor decided before this movie he was through dancing in the cinema, but they sure made him dance a lot in this movie. Of course, it was all in the story -- what I would call diegetic dancing -- so I guess this does not make him a vow breaker. It ends in the Casablanca tradition, with the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Rating: 40
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