The casting of "Love is Better Than Ever" is strange. Elizabeth Taylor was turning 20 the year she made this film. As for her romantic lead, Larry Parks, he was 38...and looked it. What an odd bit of casting....especially since Parks looks like a pretty ordinary guy.
Anastacia (Taylor) and her mother run a dancing school for children in Connecticut. On a trip to New York City for a convention, Anastacia goes out with Jud (Parks) and they spend a few days together. To him, it was nice but nothing more. As for her, she's head over heels in love...though it's a bit hard to figure out why. So, she and her father concoct a plan to trap Jud into marrying Anastacia...a woman he barely knows and with whom he seems to have little in common.
To say that the plot to this film is contrived and hard to believe is an understatement. It just seemed very hard to believe...though it was, at times, enjoyable. While I liked parts of the film the plot just seemed very frivolous and silly. A time-passer that simply should have been better.
Anastacia (Taylor) and her mother run a dancing school for children in Connecticut. On a trip to New York City for a convention, Anastacia goes out with Jud (Parks) and they spend a few days together. To him, it was nice but nothing more. As for her, she's head over heels in love...though it's a bit hard to figure out why. So, she and her father concoct a plan to trap Jud into marrying Anastacia...a woman he barely knows and with whom he seems to have little in common.
To say that the plot to this film is contrived and hard to believe is an understatement. It just seemed very hard to believe...though it was, at times, enjoyable. While I liked parts of the film the plot just seemed very frivolous and silly. A time-passer that simply should have been better.