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Forever Darling

2 Ratings: 0.5

A movie with Lucy and Desi

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Tags: Movies, Comedy Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy

Cast: James Mason, John Emery, Willis B. Bouchey, John Hoyt, Natalie Schafer, Mabel Albertson, see all

Director: Alexander Hall

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Release Date: February 9, 1956

MPAA Rating: Unrated

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Surprisingly unfunny

Nov 1, 2008

by KonaCat

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-1

Susan and Larry Vega (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) have been married for seven years and are beginning to go their separate ways. Scientist Larry has developed a new insecticide and wants go on a camping trip to Yosemite to test it on the local mosquitoes. Susan hates camping, but her guardian angel (who looks just like James Mason) convinces her to go along.

What a terrible movie. Coming only a year after the heartwarming and very funny The Long, Long Trailer, this movie suffers from a miserable script and even worse direction. While Desi plays an intelligent and admirable man, Lucy is a rich snob whose nagging and fault-finding are pathetic, not funny. The whole James Mason-Angel thing doesn't work at all. He doesn't have any purpose until the last minutes of the story and up until then he's kind of creepy. The story moves at a snail's pace and could have been done in thirty minutes - minus a lot of the mean-spirited marital bickering.

This is a surprisingly unpleasant movie from America's sweethearts, made just four years before their divorce.

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KonaCat November 10, 2008

Thank you for your comment, Gadabouter.

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DesignDude November 10, 2008

Although I consider myself a reasonably big fan of I Love Lucy, I've never this. I've always wondered why the pair's chemistry on TV didn't translate so greatly to film, and I this review at least backs up the theory. As you note, the tone of the flim seems to sadly mirror what was to come for their marriage before too long.

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