The Grass is Greener

directed by Stanley Donen
Category: "Comedy"
Year of Release:1960
Date Added:04/11/2008
Date Watched:04/22/2007
Description:Victor (Cary Grant) and Hilary (Deborah Kerr) and an English Lord and Lady who are forced, for reasons of money, to open their mansion to visitors. One visitor, Charles (Robert Mitchum), a Texas oil millionaire, wandered into the living quarters where he meets Hilary. In no time at all, they fall in love. Hilary heads off to London for a week-long affair. Victor knows all about it, and what he doesn't know, he learns from Hattie (Jean Simmons), Hilary's friend who would be happy to end up with Victor. To fight for his wife, Victor invites Charles to his house for the weekend. Charles tells him he wants to marry Hilary, so Victor challenges him to a duel and fakes an injury. Through all of this, Hilary realizes how much Victor loves her, and she him. She turns Charles away, and she and Victor resume their happy marriage.
My Rating:4

Reviews for The Grass is Greener

Review - Grass is Greener, The

Great cast, and some witty dialogue, but it's hard to root for these characters. Charles and Hilary were scum—the one to proposition another man's wife and the other for cheating. Victor was jealous, although the inference was that he had cheated in the past. Hattie was a drunk who hoped to end up with her best friend's husband. It made infidelity a game, and I didn't care for it.

Reviewed by Roger on 2024-03-25 17:33:20

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