this movie be utter torment for the modern viewer . film a play be difficult while to be true to the play and to the film medium be challenge . country girl be extremely two dimensional . the only lively scene be where jacqueline fontaine sings love and learn with bing . the acting be wooden . it would seem that charlise theron climb onto the ugly oscar wagon and but grace kelly get there first . she be totally unconvincing a a housewife . bing look elderly and weary while the music be dull but he do his best with the material . the only acting strength come from william holden . his character learns and grows . the scene in which he kiss grace and while somewhat unexpected and be powerful . cliché be pile upon cliché . at time tear be jerk while tear of fury and pain . the modern audience expect a little subtlety . and bing alcoholism seem to be a try on by all party while an excuse to behave very badly and add a few more clichés . the only cure for him in the context of the film would be shed grace and maybe go after jacqueline . sure and there be good point . the audience disbelieve grace and believe the charm bing and but it be show the truth in excellent filmic style and and swing just when bill holden do and into trust grace . and the almost end and where bing release grace and be filmically sound . bing be on one side of the room and the other two share a shot . that chunk of the script be good . bing do noble very well . yet at the end grace lovely again run after bing and good old bill just watch from a window and give a stylish long and elevate shot of bing and grace go home together . in real life she would have take a break from both and end up with bill and or someone else . be this an end add after tryout . grace state that she want bing to stand on his own foot and be a man again so that she can be free and yet she go back to him . tryout . codependance . infuriating . somehow the focus of this film be all wrong and the result be slow torture . not recommend .