Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I will never tire of this movie. The characters are beautifully defined. They convey their feelings with agonizing restraint. Everything takes place in between their words, in their eyes and subtle gestures. The dialog is witty and sophisticated. Cary Grant will never be surpassed, in appeal or talent, by any actor, of any era. This is one of his best performances, showcasing his comic and dramatic abilities equally well.I understand Leo McCarey let Grant and Deborah Kerr improvise a lot, and a lot of that dialog made it to the screen. This created a spontaneity that feels like these two are hearing the lines for the first time, because, in many instances, they are.I would love to hear from anyone who can confirm two things that I remember from earlier viewings, but which I haven't seen in a long time, not even on my DVD copy. There was a scene in which Terry (Kerr's character) sees Nickie's portrait of her and his grandmother in the art gallery, which resulted in the gallery owner taking pity on her and giving her the painting. Then in the final scene, when it dawns on Nickie that Terry and the wheelchair-bound woman at the gallery are one and the same, he rushes into her bedroom and sees the painting AND the wheelchair. But it's been decades since I've seen the gallery scene or the snippet with the wheelchair in the bedroom. Does anyone else remember these two elements, and does anyone know why they're missing from later airings and the DVD release? Does anyone know if the unedited edition of this movie exists any more?

An Affair to RememberYou should always wear steel-toed boots when dating a woman in a wheelchair.Unfortunately, the suitor in this romance isn't aware of his lover's toe-crushing abilities. Terry (Deborah Kerr) is in a committed relationship, but it is tested when she encounters American playboy Nickie (Cary Grant) on her ship home from Europe. Before they part, the pair promise to meet at the Empire State Building in six-months. While on her way there Terry is struck by a car, leaving her paralyzed and him jilted.Years hence, Nickie has become a successful painter thanks to an anonymous wheelchair- bound benefactor. Long considered to be the definitive cinematic love story, this remake of a 1939 version lives up to its designation thanks to its perfectly matched leads and its tearjerker ending that still remains unrivalled.Plus, the easiest way to tell if someone is paralyzed is they've given away all their pants.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

An Affair to Remember (1957): Dir: Leo McCarey / Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt: Overrated yet entertaining romantic comedy about connection. It stars Cary Grant as playboy Nicolo Ferrante, and Deborah Kerr as nightclub singer Terry McKay. They are both engaged to other people but viewers are jerked around for much of the film as these two struggle to avoid each other. They are aboard an ocean liner going from Europe to New York but they have one pit stop where he takes her to visit his grandmother. When they get to New York they go with their fiancés, however they promise to reconnect in six months atop the Empire State Building. Tragedy strikes leading to an ending where one of the leads uses tactful methods to withdraw information that leads to the revelation. Formula but charming film directed by two time Oscar winner Leo McCarey who previously made The Awful Truth and Going My Way. Grant is charming as a guy who struggled to settle down until now. This is just the inspiration to bring him back to his previous passion of painting. Kerr is effective as a conductor for a corny youth choir. Other roles are not quite up to par. Richard Denning and Neva Patterson are absolute bores as the cardboard fiancés. Theme regards connection and relationships that shape up to last. Score: 7 / 10

Among the most sentimental and the most unforgettable romances of old Hollywood, Leo McCarey's AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER is a top notch production. It is full of intense sentiment, irresistible charm, emotional musical pieces and, foremost, an aspect it is probably most remembered for, the great leading couple: Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant.In an interview, Ms Kerr said interesting words about one of the most cherished leading men on screen, labeling him as "a great believer in keeping a kind of image he has built up." Yet, no matter what we consider as a Cary Grant characterization, one thing is certain, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER is a mutual work of both Mr Grant as Nickie Ferrante and Ms Kerr as Terry Mc Kay. Their affair, childish and sentimental as it may seem, especially being touched by the test of time, is what emerges from this charming film. But two words or even (I dare say this) realities evoke here: MEMORY and LOVE.Bosley Crowther of New York Times called their marriage pact as "ridiculously childish for a couple of adult people to make" but this critical instance is transformed in Variety review that labels their romance as "never maudlin but a wholly believable relationship." Among all these movie scholars who always manifest slightly radical viewpoints on classic productions, Helen Fredericks is perhaps closest to the truth hailing the movie as a "wonderful and witty tale of a true Love." She adds that this LOVE changed them and conquered their fears." Mind you this word 'Love' written in capital letter. No wonder there is Love because it is, after all, a romance. But memory? In one of the most beautiful film's sequences, Nickie's grandmother (Cathleen Nesbitt) who lives in an idyllic, blissful place somewhere in the Mediterranean, utters a truly remarkable line: "You are young, you have to create memories." She combines the experience of the old generation with the understanding of the young one. The quintessential aspect of the film is therein incorporated. When Nickie revisits the place, her words echo in his mind (supposedly, she is dead but her advice of wisdom lives on).The film's a typical romance in the sentimental mode and that is what you may expect from the start. The musical pieces, including the line "Close your eyes, make a wish and you're there" is the essence of fantasy. Yet, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr and the true chemistry between them make for a really remarkable love affair depiction. It lacks today's irony and offers yesterday's feeling.Pauline Kael once pointed out that the film can boast "timing and nonchalance" This observation, which appears particularly right in the context of the protagonists, proves an almost flawless viewing experience for both the viewers' of the film's period and the viewers of today.AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER is a wondrous romance you will rejoice remembering long after viewing it. 9/10