Does anyone else find this deadly dull?

I'm pretty young too, but I watch a lot of old movies and loved this. Sure, it's slight, and not as happening as Charade or maybe even To Catch a Thief. But it's so great to see Ingrid Bergman in a rare comic performance. And how refreshing to see Cary Grant at this stage of his career paired with a woman of a similar age. Is this either star's best movie? Of course not. It's not even their best together (Notorious is a brilliant masterpiece). But look at the two megastars we're talking about. They're just so substantial onscreen together.

Indiscreet is a wonderful little trifle. Sure, the first half lacks conflict, and what little conflict there is surrounding a married man seems dated by today's standards, but it's so charming and timeless in other ways. If you gave up before the end of the first hour, it was too soon, as it does pick up. But honestly, I have to wonder about the taste of anyone who thought the first hour was boring. I'm not one to say that "Stick with your Transformers" crap, but really, if you thought this movie was ever boring, ever less than thoroughly charming, there are so many other films, many of them more acclaimed than this one, that are even slower and hold up even less.

I love this movie! Certainly by today's standards it seems pretty tame, but I can imagine that in 1958 it was deemed quite risque to have a well-known stage star having a basically open affair with a "married" man. Grant and Bergman had great chemistry. Too bad they only made two movies together. To compare this romantic comedy with the Hitchcock thriller Notorious, though, is like comparing apples and oranges. Totally different genres, but both excellent films.

Indiscreet was based on an earlier stage play, Kind Sir, starring Charles Boyer and Mary Martin, so that might help explain why it has a bit of a stagey feel with the dialogue and having most of the story take place in and around her apartment. Give me this over car chases and explosions any day!

I'm afraid this movie was just too subtle for you. A great deal happens, in every scene, but it apparently passed you by. "Moonstruck" is to "Indiscreet" as "Goonies" is to "Caddyshack." Cher always plays the same part, herself---which is to say, someone who is determined to appear blase and tough and worldly-wise, but is actually about skin deep. How do I know this? Because I've played that part myself.

Not 'boring' exactly, but... disappointing. I love a movie that tries to make me like its characters and take me on detours that have nothing to do with the main plot... Everything in this movie was leading up to the end - there were no other nice bits of business just for the sake of it. It's excellently played, but still pretty simple, and not something I could see myself watching more than once.




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This is a great movie, with terrific dialogue and perfect acting. Sorry for you that you can't appreciate it. Oh well, your loss.