Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

disgusting, overrated, pointless

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Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

I can't say I've ever been a fan of the bedroom-farce genre from the 50s/60s. So Doris Day is back as the 40 year old virgin and instead of Rock Hudson as the man who falls for her virginal charms we get CARY GRANT!!!! So we have an aging pushing 40 Doris Day still play the virgin saving herself for marriage whose character is supposed to be around 21 and a very aged Cary Grant play a millionaire who wants to bed her.Okay so that's basically the movie. The only laughs I got were from the supporting cast, notably John Astin and Gig Young. But if we were to think that the two leads who at the time literally could/would have been GRANDPARENTS at their ages, it just seems too stupid and silly to see them having such sexual hang ups. A 40 y/o virgin in Doris Day will not get the guy by holding out. The 60 y/o millionaire would have moved right along to a much younger woman since he was only trying to do her a favor in the first place by trying to deflower what is probably a near menopausal wilting flower by that time.I will never understand why Doris Day wanted to keep her virginal image when she is/was pushing middle age. The camera lens was clouded in her up close moments to hide her age. It was kind of funny, but it wasn't intentional.I did make it through, but it was annoying and for the most part unfunny.

The delightful Doris Day is wasted in "That Touch of Mink" (1962), a romantic comedy by director Delbert Mann. Day plays Cathy Timberlake, an impoverished New Yorker who catches the eye of Philip Shayne (Cary Grant), a billionaire playboy."Mink's" at its best during its first act. Here we watch as Cathy collects unemployment cheques, hangs out with her roommate and visits nifty coin-operated restaurants. Things go downhill when Cathy falls in love with Philip. What seemed to be a 1940s-50s "battle-of-the-sexes" comedy then turns into a sexist, witless precursor to "Fifty Shades of Grey", Philip seducing Cathy with his wealth, charm and creepy paternalism toward Third World countries. Cathy can't resist, but nevertheless refuses to have sex with Philip, as she is unsure whether the billionaire views her as just another trinket, commodity or acquisition. Cathy's answer to her dilemma? Marriage before intercourse! And so Cathy withholds the one asset Philip doesn't have, a bluff which Philip willingly cedes to.Whilst "Mink" is interesting in the way it reduces sex to Game Theory, the film's flippant tone undermines the darker ramifications of Mann's material. Incidentally, "Mink" was part of a string of "comedies" which stressed the chastity of Day, a virginal image which 1960s audiences, knee-deep in the sexual revolution, quickly grew tired of. Gig Young co-stars.5/10 – See "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).

While going to receive her unemployment paycheck and to a job interview later, the coat of the naive Cathy Timberlake (Doris Day) is splashed with mud by the Rolls Royce of the millionaire businessman Philip Shayne (Cary Grant). Later he sees her going to have lunch from his office and sends his financial adviser Roger (Gig Young) to give some money to Cathy to compensate her loss. Cathy feels offended with the offer and she goes to Philip's office with the intention of throwing the money on his face. However, when she sees the handsome Philip, she immediately falls in love with him. They date and Cathy expects that Philip proposes to marry her, but he does not have this intention. "That Touch of Mink" is a silly and naive but funny romantic comedy. The premise is dumb and is irritating to see Cathy buying expensive clothing and traveling to Bermudas with a playboy expecting to give nothing in return. But the comedy has many funny situations, like the just married couple in the motel or Roger being mistakenly taken as Philip in Cathy's apartment building. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Carícias de Luxo" ("Caresses of Luxury")

at many other movies of period. the humor, few seductive scenes, sparkles of dialog and perfect cast are the best ingredients for a romantic comedy who use old victorious recipes. Carz Grant and Doris Day. that is all. because, far to be memorable, it is nice. in a special manner, with not bad jokes and with an easy story. like a spring rain. only entertainment and absurd situations but another proof about triumph of right cause in skin of war between sexes. the best part - the flavor of a lost age. the worst - impression than it is just another piece from a series game. but the charm of Grant, the sweetness of Daz are invincible. yesterday. and tomorrow. for each viewer in different way.