Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

31/10/1945 1h 42m 6.6/10

Overview

After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.

Director

Alexander Korda

Top Billed Cast

Roger Moore

Roger Moore

Soldier

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Catherine Wilson

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Dizzy Clayton

Ann Todd

Ann Todd

Elena

Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Robert Wilson

Roland Culver

Roland Culver

Richard

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/1/2022

7/10

Anyone who has been in a long-term relationship will probably recognise the behaviours at the start of the film. A couple largely going through the motions, living the same routine from day to day with neither really thinking about the quality of their lives. In this case it's Deborah Kerr ("Cathy") and husband "Robert" (Robert Donat) who are in this malaise. Along comes WWII, though, and the pair are separated and their existences given much more varied and dangerous twists which make their post-war reunification quite bumpy. Indeed, it doesn't take them very long to realise that they have very little in common any more, and that perhaps they ought to just divorce. There is bundles of chemistry between the two and with some almost sagely contributions from her pal "Dizzy" (Glynis Johns) alongside Ann Todd and Roland Culver we have a character led film that exasperates as it entertains. It's romantic, but not sentimental - and you frequently just want to bang their heads together. Nicely scored by Clifton Parker, it's a well made, slightly nostalgic, look at the curiously cathartic effects of upheaval - and is well worth a watch.

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