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That's the way film critics would characterize "June Bride", but that doesn't give due diligence to a movie that's first class in several respects. The outstanding cast is what puts this picture over, and the pairing of Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery was inspired. Always thought Montgomery was one of our best actors, capable of drama, war movies or comedy and does not disappoint here. I liked him ever since "Private Lives" (1931) opposite Norma Shearer. Sophisticated and urbane, like William Powell.Bette Davis is a curious choice for the female lead as comedy was not her strong point, but she is good here and works well off Montgomery. Contrary to some reviewers above I thought the chemistry between the two was good. It also has an excellent supporting cast headed by Fay Bainter and Tom Tully. I thought the script was delicious and kept waiting for the next sharp riposte between the two principals, but the ending is unworkable in 2016 due to its chauvinistic tone. It worked in 1948, but how long ago those days seem now.

Coming just before the blockbuster ALL ABOUT EVE this little gem shows another comedic side of Bette Davis without going over the top. She's harried and trying to be pleasant to all including an old flame who shows up inconveniently. In a sense, it's the classic tale of the rubes versus the swells but gently and sympathetically told. Robert Montgomery matches Miss Davis sarcasm for sarcasm and the always welcome Mary Wickes rides herd on the various bickering characters. When she refers to the home they're to use as a "McKinley horror" one knows that all are in for more than a little restoration. If it won't have you rolling in the aisles, it's consistently amusing. An able cast of primarily character actors contribute their very really talents (Tom Tully and Faye Bainter are real and whimsical at the same time.) and the basic love story that drives the action isn't much to concern the viewer. If the rural nature gets pushed a bit too far it works well within the context of the plot. And this marks Miss Davis' second trip while ice skating, indeed there are moments when her character, Linda, is more than suggestive of her role in The Man Who Came to Dinner.A pleasant time for all with a friendly cast who try, and succeed, to find as much in the diverting material as there is.

I can't agree with previous comments raving about BETTE DAVIS and her, in my opinion, failed technique with comedy, nor ROBERT MONTGOMERY's lusterless and coy performance as the sort of cocky and arrogant snob he usually played in romantic comedies dealing with the battle of the sexes. He's at his least appealing here.Gloomy looking Bette looks as if she'd rather smack him than kiss him and gives a very dour performance, heavy with sarcasm (too heavy for comedy). And Montgomery looks as though he despises not only the fact that she is a career woman--but a woman he can't possibly think of as a mate. Put the two of them together in a trite, weak script that is supposed to be a "light as air comedy" and you get messy results.Bette is supposed to be planning the next issue of her magazine around a June wedding and using a typical family for the June issue. She's smartly dressed and coiffed but still has that matronly appearance that makes her unsuitable for what is supposed to be a light romantic comedy. Nor does she play the part in a lighthearted way. None of it is anything more than a waste of time. Even the supporting cast has trouble making anything out of a script that settles for a sexist ending to resolve the bad situation between Bette and Bob.FAY BAINTER tries hard, as do BETTY LINLEY, TOM TULLY and others, but it's a hopeless mess, unfunny and irritatingly performed by the star duo so that one becomes impatient for that supposedly happy ending in which the two stars stop fighting long enough to exchange loving glances.You'd think that after the whopping that WINTER MEETING took from the critics, Bette would refuse to work with stage director Bretaigne Windust again. Well, it's another loser. She's too heavy-handed with the comedy aspects and Robert Montgomery is no help, insufferable as her co-star.

want to get ill on apple cider. The movie itself is pleasantly entertaining, but the ending! Gak! Bette Davis gives it all up for Bob Montgomery! Why? He's sexy, yes, but where's he been for three years and what is he offering her? It was depressing to see her standing there nodding while holding the suitcases. It's the chauvinistic Production Code in full force. I think Mick LaSalle in Complicated Women described actress Kay Francis playing a scene that called for giving up one's career for a man as a "soul death." How right! In a pre-Code, Davis would have simply said, "Well, look me up when you're next in town and we'll hit the hay. Meanwhile, I have a magazine to edit!" (By the way, was anyone else as horrified as me to see Norma Shearer throw over suave Montgomery for dorkus supreme Neil Hamilton (the Comissioner from TV's Batman series, for cripes sake) in "Strangers May Kiss"? That aside though, a cute little film with lots of comedy with Davis and Montgomery interacting with the small-town Indiana family whose wedding they have come to cover for a women's magazine. The old man and his outdoor cider jug and Mary Wickes are among the highlights. Watch if you can ignore the silly ending.