Product: Holiday (1938)
Rating: 5.0
Charming and sweet...
This is truly an enchanting movie - and one of my absolute favorites! It features a witty script, hilarious moments and excellent performances from two Hollywood legends. Furthermore, unlike..say..The Philadelphia Story (which I also greatly enjoyed), this movie has a much sweeter and more genuine tone, even though it is not as slick and polished.Essentially, Holiday is about a bright young man (Cary Grant) who rose from poverty into a career in finances (while still maintaining a lighthearted and normal attitude towards the accumulation of money) - and his encounter with a very rich family and its two daughters. When he meets the eldest daughter at a resort, he begins dating her, having no idea of her immense wealth. He faces many difficulties from her family, who is obsessed with money and finances. Finally, he is accepted among them because of his promising future...but he knows that he does not want to devote himself to business alone. Along the way, he also meets the magical younger sister (Katherine Hepburn) who is the rebel among the family, a self-proclaimed black sheep. To say anymore would be to give too much away...Anyhow, Holiday features great performances from both stars. Cary Grant is funny, charming, and believable as Johnny Case - perhaps especially so because his real story was so similar to that of his character (Grant also was a self-made man who reached Hollywood after escaping from his lower class home in England and joining the circus). Katherine Hepburn is energetic and spunky as Linda, and she and Grant are perfect together.All in all - this movie is wonderful and very enchanting. Cary Grant even shows off his acrobatic training and does a few flips in it...what more could you ask for in a movie?