Loved the movie but personally had a slight problem..

walmart too much! yeah, good points, and really agree about the 'heartbreak kid' with the grodin .



A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

I just caught part of this movie but came here to make the same comment....despite a bad haircut I thought the character was very pretty, especially when you compared HER looks to her co stars, the very ugly Walter Mattheau, Jack Weston and some other guy in the room. They would need LOTS of money to attract any woman...woof!

It made no difference how pretty she was; Henry had no interest in women and just wanted to continue his bachelor life, which apparently did not include dating. He was entirely self-sufficient, and needed no one except Harold and his associates at his various clubs.

I always assumed that Harry was gay. he seemed *very* disinterested in women, and people seemed kind of surprised that he was getting married. He just wasn't sexualy interested in his new wife.

Darling, I am trouble of the most spectacular kind!

Elaine May is very hot in this film. I like her, a lot...

I agree that Elaine looked good and her character had two other desirable traits - she was soft-spoken (unlike that other one with the boobs lol) and obviously intelligent. But Walter's character never complained about her looks - it was her awkward behavior patterns he disliked (at first) and later warmed up to.

This film reminds me of Arthur (1981); in that both the Dudley Moore and the Walter Matthau characters are told that they would be economically benefited by marriage. And both characters feel forced and unwilling to do so.

Even though the Elaine May character is a pretty and educated woman, Matthau's character doesn't see a need for her (nor any other woman) after marriage. Henry Graham has never been emotionally and intimately involved with a woman, nor cared for one. Thus he has no respect, understanding, or a sense of responsibility towards women. All he plans to do is to marry Henrietta and dump her after acquiring her inheritance, and after paying back a loan to his uncle. He doesn't see a long-term commitment with Henrietta and his courtship and marriage have been obligatory and false. He doesn't want to constantly attend to and take care of a woman and feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility; nor does he want a woman that will dominate his everyday life and disrupt his routines.


...sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand. ~ Cool Hand Luke

Notice that after their meeting and quiet moment together, Henrietta became progressively more beautiful; while Henry started to be less acerbic and stopped talking about carbon on the valves.