Although I'll watch anything with Rosalind Russell, and I like Montgomery too, I just couldn't get past my dislike of these characters to enjoy the film. Somehow we are supposed to think Bob is living an honest and better life at the beginning because he only paints what he wants. While he also buys everything on credit without a care, stiffs his landlady, and acts like an odious ass to anyone who doesn't share his high ideals.
I kind of liked him when he got noticed and started making what I felt were positive changes in his life. What is wrong with wanting to provide your wife with a real house, not a studio apartment that you have to share with another man? And what is wrong with making a living at something you are good at? If you have talents and skills and can use them to support yourself, I see that as a good thing. But we are supposed to see Bob as having lost his ideals. Maybe he did get a bit carried away, but it's stupid for them to go back to the studio apartment at the end. I guess he'll go back to painting what he wants and buying everything on credit again. I'd hate to be his grocer, tailor, or landlady.
I kind of liked him when he got noticed and started making what I felt were positive changes in his life. What is wrong with wanting to provide your wife with a real house, not a studio apartment that you have to share with another man? And what is wrong with making a living at something you are good at? If you have talents and skills and can use them to support yourself, I see that as a good thing. But we are supposed to see Bob as having lost his ideals. Maybe he did get a bit carried away, but it's stupid for them to go back to the studio apartment at the end. I guess he'll go back to painting what he wants and buying everything on credit again. I'd hate to be his grocer, tailor, or landlady.