it obvious that the main reason for this film existence be an attempt to recapture the magic of the first pairing of cary grant and irene dunne and and leo mccarey and namely 1937 the awful truth . unfortunately and the material isn not quite up to the task . the plot seem aim at child while it can not be take seriously and a it completely ignore any adult consequence arise from it . the film save grace be sex . while implicit in other screwball comedy and here it seem more pronounced and perhaps an attempt by grant and dunne and and mccarey to prop up the obviously weak material . and it work and create for adult who care to look a sexual dimension and a dimension under the surface and one that funny and outrageous and and even dare for something make in 1940. cary grant have marry gail patrick . married couple on their wedding night have sex . irene dunne rush to stop this and succeed . ( patrick complains to her mother on the phone that they drive all night and all night . ) but dunne seem to be a rather liberal lady and have no qualm about grant hesitation in tell his new wife the truth and nor with him go so far a to bring her home and carry her over the threshold . a dunne have dally with randolph scott and perhaps she give grant the option of dally with patrick . grant hesitation in tell patrick the truth may be an indication that part of him do want to at least consummate his new marriage . when outside force prevent him from absent mindedly do so and a in the arrival of the insurance claim adjuster and he express relief . when he learn of the existence of scott and he embrace jealousy a a mean of get his mind off want to make love with his new bride . it interest that even though randolph scott make the obligatory declaration that and despite be on an island alone with irene dunne for 7 year and nothing happen and dunne never validate this . in fact and her bemused expression seem to indicate that she have trouble buy this as much a grant do . the film be in fact consciously ambiguous here while it do nothing to paint a impossible the idea that perhaps dunne and scott be actually intimate on the island . the sexuality of the film come to a climax in the last scene . grant want to go to bed in her room and while dunne would not let him as long a he would not forgive her . she lie in bed and coo with ecstasy at how comfortable she be and her expression dangle sex and suggest if grant need time to think about it and he can wait until christmas represent we will have a lovely christmas while what 59 day more . grant can not take it anymore and forgive her for whatever happen and come back dress a santa claus and look to get his present now . like mr. blandings build his dream house and the film have a number of sight gag and joke at the expense of cary grant sexuality . here it use the well know fact that cary grant and randolph scott live together for a number of year when grant be between marriage a bachelor . it have grant almost swoon at the sight of a topless scott take a dive and and later have grant sit in his office and relive the moment in his mind . and then there the scene of grant look through woman clothe and hold them up to a mirror and while tell a doctor and i have to go and he wait for me in the car . the hilarious sexual undertone of the film be really bring to life through irene dunne . her delivery and her expression and her energy and be all very saucy . cary grant be very good reacting against her . it for this reason that the two be able to rise above the silly material to create a rather sophisticated sex comedy and one that forgive natural indiscretion on the part of each party and and it for this reason i give the film an positive .