Recently I watched the movie Monkey Business with Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers (also Marilyn Monroe) and wondered why it was so flat, so unappealing as a story.
I suspect it reflects the lack of any real problem at the beginning of the movie. Grant (Dr. Fulton) is happily married to Rogers (Edwina Fulton) and the only unresolved issue is the formula for a "fountain of youth" drug he is in the process of developing.
The drug becomes the gimmick for creating a lot of foolish scenes with various characters acting childishly. But it strikes one as simply absurd.
By contrast, the Philadelphia Story is rooted in Grant's opposition to his ex-wife's (Hepburn's) coming marriage to an unsuitable husband. There are relationships that we care about and can root for.
Four-Stars - Philadelphia Story
?? - Monkey Business
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