H. M. Pulham, Esq.

a work of staggering emotional power, full of maturity and melancholy, vidor's lament for a life drained of any passion and intensity -- how you can still go through the motion of living and not feel any of it with sensitivity or appreciation, because depression coats all…

comrade_yui

What am I supposed to be feeling right now? Am I supposed to root for Harry’s (Robert Young’s) successful commitment to his upper class life? Be happy that he’s realized he doesn’t want to leave his wife Kay (a thankless role that’s very well inhabited by Ruth Hussey)? I…

sakana1

A life not lived. Sacrificing passion and independence for conformity. But there’s nothing to be done anymore; all you can do is say ‘what if,’ look back with regret and sorrow, then carry on with what you have, marked by a lingering sense of resignation.

Avirup

I can’t believe that idiot left Hedy Lamarr for Ruth Hussey. What a fool.

JJ

in the 'Hedy Lamarr not only stupefyingly beautiful, also a very good actress' club

Seemoya 🦕🌷

I won't stand for Ruth Hussey hate! She's stunning and talented, just as Hedy Lamarr is. Anyways, Van Heflin being enamored with Charles Coburn's every word and movement when he visits Harry's house for the first time. It was fun to watch Heflin watch Coburn. There…

Jillian Michelle

no one is ever going to be happy ever again. oh maybe they will

liza

i honestly wasn't expecting to love this as much as i did. it honestly tells such a beautiful story of love and loss. sometimes you don't end up with your soulmate/twin flame and thats life

opulentfilm

There's something so ordinary about Vidor's treatment of John P. Marquand's novel of the (awkwardly titled) name. The reminiscences of a life lived and not, regardless of upper-crust nature of Robert Young's eponymous character. In some ways, it plays less like an actual…

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