At the start, we seem to be going into a flashback where the wife (Leslie Caron) is talking about what happened to her husband, and what led to the breakup of their marriage. at the very beginning, we see Willie trying to get his wife into show biz and make her a big star, but Fonda's acting is just so cardboard in this. i guess he's trying to show how cold he's being to his own wife in the romance department, but there's just no fun, no magic, no anything in this. it's flourid and over-written. Henry Fonda spends all his time sputtering and hiring detectives to watch his wife, instead of just paying attention to her. so of course she meets a soldier and runs off with him. Willie says he understands, but.... Film directed by Nunnally Johnson. he made FOUR films with Fonda. it's okay. it seems to be like they didn't really know how to end it. or maybe this was really someone's (unlikely) story ? i guess its possible, but i can clearly see a room full of writers sitting around, thinking "How do we end this??"
Review of The Man Who Understood Women
