Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Fantastic!

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

While Designing Woman isn't as famous as other romantic classics, like Pillow Talk or Woman of the Year, there's a lot to love about this hidden gem from 1957. On a sad note, Humphrey Bogart was dying during the filming of this movie. Lauren Bacall said in her autobiography that Gregory Peck was a wonderful friend to them, and that his kindness and strength helped her survive the terrible tragedy. So, in case you sense any sort of tension in Lauren's performance, I hope you'll cut her some slack.Lauren plays a fashion designer, and Greg plays a sports writer. They fall in love and get married, but after their impulsive decision, they soon find they have very little in common. My favorite scene is when they are ordering at a restaurant. Lauren has previously revealed that she eats a lot when she's happy and in love, so when she orders a humungous meal, she looks at him sheepishly as they both realize she's fallen in love with him. It reminds me of the fantastic line from Sex, Lies and Videotape that Andie MacDowell says: "The last time I was happy, I got so fat!" All in all, it's pretty funny, with jokes about hangovers, sex, and infidelity that snuck past the strict Hollywood censors. If you like either of the leads, or if you like cute, smart flicks from the 1950s, give this one a try. It's as if Lauren's character from How to Marry a Millionaire met Greg's character from Roman Holiday and fell in love!

Somebody once defined a critic as a person "who leaves no turn unstoned". If this description applies to you then be warned at the outset: this film is not for you. You will find more holes here than in the proverbial tea strainer.If, however, it's a simple, uncomplicated tale you're looking for with interesting sub-plots, colourful visual images and memorable all-round performances - in other words - if you're looking for 113 minutes of pure entertainment, in the true spirit of diversion, then this is the film for you.Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall are simply delightful as the seemingly mis-matched couple whose marriage takes root against the backdrop of high-fashion, show business and the shady underworld involving corruption in sport. Together, they are unforgettable.Despite its flaws, it is essentially a fun-filled film designed (pardon the pun) for those of a fun-filled bent. Definitely not for the high- minded, fault-finding pseudo intellectuals overtly eager to practice their fancy theoretical footwork.

This is a very funny movie starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in a film with a set-up similar to the Hepburn-Tracy classic Woman of the Year (1942). It deservedly won George Wells his only Oscar (on his only nomination) for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli.Peck is a New York sportswriter who's on the West Coast on assignment, doing a story about a horse race. He wakes up from a drinking binge during which he had met New York fashion designer Bacall, though he doesn't recall it. While he struggles to recover from his hangover, she relates the events of the previous evening which included filling his latest story. He notices how beautiful she is, and they begin a brief torrid affair which leads to a hasty marriage. Of course, each is a "fish out of water" in the other's world, which they begin to discover when they return to New York. Since his apartment is a typically small, messy male abode, they decide to live in her fancy, pastel colored place. This leads to some amusing scenes when he holds his regular card game, with his beer drinking-cigar smoking buddies, in their new home, especially those which involve a punchy ex-boxer Maxie Stultz (Mickey Shaughnessy).Before his West Coast trip, apparently Peck was dating a leggy actress (Dolores Gray), who's a bit surprised, and none to happy, to find out that he's gotten himself married. Bacall knows nothing about this, though she does find pieces of a torn up picture, the actress's legs, while cleaning out his old apartment. Bacall's then hired to work on a film whose star is, of course, the ex-girlfriend. Though the three of them dine together, Peck pretends not to know Gray. One of the film's most hilarious scenes occurs when Bacall's theatrical crowd attempts to do their creative work (including "dancing" by Tom Helmore) for the film at the same time that Peck's macho friends are having their regular card game at the apartment.Besides failing to reveal his relationship with the actress to his new wife, Peck's character has also kept secret the fact that his life is in danger, because he has been writing a series of expose columns about a gangster (Chuck Connors), who's been corrupting sport. When his editor (Sam Levene) decides that Peck should "disappear"for a while in order to finish the series, Bacall finally makes the connection between the legs in the torn photograph and those of her film's leading lady, and assumes the worst.Without revealing too much more, I wanted to make sure to mention the funny scenes which involve Shaughnessy's character, who accompanies Peck for protection when he goes undercover. Though the two never leave New York, Peck is able to convince his punchy bodyguard that they're in a new city every time they change hotels. And, when he hears a bell ring, the ex-boxer thinks he's just been called to begin another round in a fight. Lastly, Jesse White plays the character that helps gangster Connors locate Peck, who will learn to respect Helmore's dancing ability.

I watched this with my girlfriend last night. Her reaction was so-so until the ending, the wild "dance" by Jack Cole.Otherwise, some great scenes, but somewhat formulaic: sportswriter meets dress designer, let's see what happens. Peck is wonderful and Lauren Bacall shows that her beauty had only improved since TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT ten years earlier.But again, stick around for the finale. It's worth the wait.They say a comment needs ten lines.So there.And there.And there.