Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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

Eric266 You could have William Powell and Myrna Loy read the Sunday comics on camera and it would be a hit. They are just too likeable for the viewer not to be engaged by their screen chemistry. However, I've seen most of the their screen pairings and this is my least favorite...but its still fun.Powell is Charles, a bohemian director who lives in a small trailer. Loy is the pampered and controlling Margit, who tries to run her sister's life as well as everyone else's around her. Her sister, Irene (Florence Rice) is engaged to the milquetoast, Waldo (John Beal), who was handpicked for Irene by her mother and Margit is enforcing the marriage. Trouble comes when Margit believes Irene is falling in love with Charles against her, Margit's, wishes. This leads to the typical rom-com misunderstandings as Charles plays along to make his real love interest, Margit, jealous. Margit, for her part, despite trying to run him off, finds herself falling in love with him.The supporting cast is superb. I'm not going to list them all here, but they do a fine job of adding to the proceedings and the confusion.While most of the movie is pretty tame, the witty dialogue between Charles and Margit is reminiscent of Powell's and Loy's snarky digs at each other in the Thin Man movies. The end sequence of a wedding going on in Charles' trailer is a hoot. So many people are crammed inside the trailer, that no one can really move. A crowd forms outside and all h*ll breaks loose. Powell is hilarious as he keeps getting hit on the head.

writers_reign Much has been made of the fact that whilst this film was being shot Jean Harlow, a close friend of Loy and Powell's fiancé, died tragically leaving Powell and Loy to carry on generating laughs. Frankly I hadn't heard of the film and by extension the events surrounding the shooting so I must confine my comments to the plot and performances. The fact that it is yet another movie soured from Ferenc Molnar implies a certain quality and it doesn't disappoint, casting Powell as a wordly bohemian and Loy as a control freak or, to put it another way, yet another take on Benedek and Beatrice - they start out despising each other and wind up in the sack. This is as good an example as any of the genre and more than worth a look.

Qanqor I just finished watching this film, and to Jo Swerling, who did the screenplay, I am moved to say, paraphrasing Bill Murray in "Tootsie":Hey, man, I saw your movie. What happened?*Something* happened. The movie starts out strong and then utterly loses itself. It's as if Swerling picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue or something. There *must* be a story about what happened to the screenplay, because it really seems as if a fine, tight story was given over to a committee, who hacked it to pieces or something.The basic elements of a great comedy are there. Excellent cast. Some fine, quirky characters. Powell and Loy's characters are particularly fine, setting up a wonderful contrast and conflict. But the plot is a shambles; the movie keeps setting itself up to go places that it never actually goes.For instance: at the beginning of the film, the movie that Charlie wants to make, which is going to make Irene a big star, is a big deal, central to most of the main characters' motivations. And Charlie has it all figured out; all they need is to find some rich person to back the film. And gee, what a coincidence, it turns out that rich Mrs. Bly, who backs Margit's dress shop, is actually *annoyed* that the shop makes money-- she's looking for a tax loss! So what could be more perfect than if she were to back the film they want to make? And *then*, when it turns out that she and Charlie are actually old friends! Well, surely that seals the deal! *Surely* now part of the happy ending will be that they'll get to make the movie!But no, actually the whole making-a-movie thing is cast aside and forgotten about by about a third of the way into the movie.And then there's the big finale scene, where Charlie is faking that he's going to marry Irene, while it's clear he's actually plotting to have Waldo arrive and insist on marrying Irene, leaving Charlie clear to try to marry Margit at the same time. Surely, this is what's going to happen, right? I mean, come on, the movie is *named* "Double Wedding", for chrissakes!And yet, we got no double wedding. We don't even get a single wedding. For some inexplicable reason, instead the entire final scene dissolve into one massive brawl. Whose idea was *that*? Again, seems like a committee got its hands on the script.Well, you get the idea of what I'm complaining about. But there was, of course, a lot of good here too. Great characters, good performances, some good dialog. I definitely laughed out loud a number of times. But by the end I just felt gypped. The meandering story that can't remember what it's trying to do is just a glaring flaw. It's a shame, because handled more skillfully, this had all the ingredients to be wonderful.

MartinHafer Considering that this film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy, it's definitely worth seeing--as are all of their films together. Even their lesser films together are wonderful and worth seeing--so it's a natural that I watched "Double Wedding".In this film, Powell plays the ultimate bohemian and Loy plays a lady who is incredibly controlling and anti-fun. The idea of these two getting together is pretty far-fetched! But, because this is a Hollywood film, you know that eventually the two will find love. However, how they get there and how much fun the film becomes is exactly why you should see the film.It all begins with Powell teaching a young couple to act and they are discussing his latest screenplay. The three are fast friends and have fun planning on making a film together. HOWEVER, when the very controlling sister (Loy) finds out about this, she assumes the worst and demands Powell stop seeing her sister and her fiancé. Mostly this is because Powell isn't in her plan for the two--as Loy has decided the two will marry, where they will go on their honeymoon, etc.--and the two idiots allow this! Little does this compulsive planner and controller know that Powell has plans for her! Overall, this is yet another fun pairing of Powell and Loy. While the film is silly and contrived, it's also very entertaining and clever. The ending was insanely chaotic--like a Marx Brothers film--and a lot of fun.