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Cary Grant is the befuddled English earl casually puttering around his tourist attraction of a grand old estate in casual dress while a bull of an American millionaire (Robert Mitchum) crashes into his life and seduces Grant's sophisticated lady (Deborah Kerr). It's pure fantasy, of course, with its cool, cultured lovers swapping witty banter with the same calm they swap gunshots in an old-fashioned duel. Have adultery and jealousy ever been so civilised? Stanley Donen never shakes this very British drawing-room comedy of manners free of its talky, stagebound source or its deliberate snail's pace, but he does manages to bring a lightness that softens the wit with an American lilt. Ultimately, though, it's all about a crack cast in fine form: Mitchum's sleepy-eyed insolence, Kerr's easy elegance, Jean Simmons's flighty outrageousness, and especially the charm and measured grace that is Cary Grant. --Sean Axmaker
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Hollywood legends Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. When a struggling British earl (Grant) opens his manor to the public, what he wants is some badly needed money... what he gets is a handsome American millionaire (Mitchum) who sweeps the earl's gorgeous wife off her feet. Encouraged by his wife's chatterbox best friend (Simmons), the jealous earl challenges his Yank rival to a duel. The romantic royal is fighting for love and honor, but he could lose something more - his life!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I adore the cast of this film, all of them genuinely seemed to be enjoying themselves during the filming of it. Jean Simmons in particular was a delight, playing a London based society girl. Her character brings out the best in her, as a comedienne, and it's a wonderfully amusing and effervescent performance.
The DVD though is a disappointment. It's presented in it's correct aspect ratio, but is not 16.9 enhanced, which therefore doesn't bring out the best quality ... in short, the transfer is awfully soft, especially in the long shots. Universal have proved before that they can do better than this, so I hope we see a better DVD print of this film, someday.
The DVD though is a disappointment. It's presented in it's correct aspect ratio, but is not 16.9 enhanced, which therefore doesn't bring out the best quality ... in short, the transfer is awfully soft, especially in the long shots. Universal have proved before that they can do better than this, so I hope we see a better DVD print of this film, someday.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After watching the film on TV and owning the video, I was disappointed at the sound quality of this DVD. Cary Grant simply does not sound like Cary Grant, but a very bad actor voice over. Being a great fan of Cary Grant I could not watch this movie more than 15 minutes because of the sound. Thankfully I have retained the VHS.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Though this movie doesn't seem to have good criticism by the critics, I love this. The reasons are as follows.
1. 5 main actors and actresses are wonderful and delightful to watch.
(4 stars and Morley Watson ----They are almost the only players in this movie.)
Especially, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. According to several books, their
original casting was "Charls Delacro" and "Hattie Durant" which Robert Mitchum
and Jean Simmons played, and Lex Harrison and Kay Kendall were originally
intended for the leading roles, but the death of Kay Kendall had changed all.
I think the original casting might have been intresting too.
Cary Grant plays an English Lord husband who is trying to take his wife(Deborah
Kerr)back by an unusual way from an American oil-millionaire(Robert Mitchum) who
fell in love with her and stole her heart. In this uniqe role, Cary shows
maturity as well as his comedian talent, sophistication. Deborah kerr also shows
her comedienne talent. I truly appreciate her various performance ability.
I think her atractiveness is elegant sex appeal oozed out of graceful, proper
performance no matter what a role is.
In this movie, Cary and Deborah's long talk scene after a duel is very charming
and their chemistry is superb.
2.Full of witty daialogues and Stanley Donen's smart direction
I enjoyed the dialogues full of humor and wit which are associated with Oscar
Wilde,Noel Coward,and William Somerset Maugham. Also I enjoyed several cleverly
directed scenes such as the shynchronized telephone scene in split screen, the
metaphorical dating scenes of Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum , which cotinue
picnic scene, boat scene, dance hall scene, concert scene, restaurant scene,
hotel's drawing room to bedroom's closing door scene, all scenes without showing
the two.
3.Music composed by Noel Coward
Romantic, lyrical melody. Especially, the music for Deborah Kerr and Robert
MItchum scene, also the music for Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant scene, they are
so delicious.
My requests to this DVD
(1)to subtitle in English
(2)to add special feature something like "making film"
1. 5 main actors and actresses are wonderful and delightful to watch.
(4 stars and Morley Watson ----They are almost the only players in this movie.)
Especially, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. According to several books, their
original casting was "Charls Delacro" and "Hattie Durant" which Robert Mitchum
and Jean Simmons played, and Lex Harrison and Kay Kendall were originally
intended for the leading roles, but the death of Kay Kendall had changed all.
I think the original casting might have been intresting too.
Cary Grant plays an English Lord husband who is trying to take his wife(Deborah
Kerr)back by an unusual way from an American oil-millionaire(Robert Mitchum) who
fell in love with her and stole her heart. In this uniqe role, Cary shows
maturity as well as his comedian talent, sophistication. Deborah kerr also shows
her comedienne talent. I truly appreciate her various performance ability.
I think her atractiveness is elegant sex appeal oozed out of graceful, proper
performance no matter what a role is.
In this movie, Cary and Deborah's long talk scene after a duel is very charming
and their chemistry is superb.
2.Full of witty daialogues and Stanley Donen's smart direction
I enjoyed the dialogues full of humor and wit which are associated with Oscar
Wilde,Noel Coward,and William Somerset Maugham. Also I enjoyed several cleverly
directed scenes such as the shynchronized telephone scene in split screen, the
metaphorical dating scenes of Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum , which cotinue
picnic scene, boat scene, dance hall scene, concert scene, restaurant scene,
hotel's drawing room to bedroom's closing door scene, all scenes without showing
the two.
3.Music composed by Noel Coward
Romantic, lyrical melody. Especially, the music for Deborah Kerr and Robert
MItchum scene, also the music for Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant scene, they are
so delicious.
My requests to this DVD
(1)to subtitle in English
(2)to add special feature something like "making film"
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INFORMATION FOR AMAZON
THIS DVD IS NOT 16.9 ENHANCED AND THEREFORE MAKES UNACCEPTABLE VIEWING. THE SAD THING IS THAT IT IS A LOVELY ENTERTAINING STORY AND WELL ACTED. Read more
Published 6 months ago by DREAM TOWN
I'm not a promiscuous trollop!
The Grass Is Greener is directed by Stanley Donen and stars Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr & Jean Simmons. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Spike Owen
Terrible dvd transfer
I'm so disappointed! I love this film but this dvd is almost unwatchable as it resembles a pirate vhs camcorded copy. Going to return it and wait for a better version. Read more
Published 19 months ago by A. J. Morris
Four greats at their casual best
They all play themselves and I particularly like the fact that it is a very British film starring 4 'Hollywood' stars - three of whom were born in the UK. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Tim Clements
Grass still green
Having seen the play "The grass is greener" at the Windsor Theatre and particularly enjoyed the dialogue I was interested to see what sort of job Hollywood made of it. Read more
Published on 30 May 2009 by Theatre Buff
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