Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling

She's Married to Him... He's Married to Her... and It's Sheer Bedlam from Morning 'till Night!

Directed by Michael Gordon

Produced by Arcola Pictures

1963103 min6.7 / 10

A buoyant screwball comedy about remarriage and mistaken identity that mines romantic chaos and misunderstanding for warmth and laughter.

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

Questions people ask

  • Does Move Over, Darling end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Move Over, Darling easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Move Over, Darling violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Move Over, Darling scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Move Over, Darling sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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49/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity41

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise51

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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