skiddoo Talky and dull. My mind kept wandering as she droned on and on. This premise has been done before, done to death. Betsy Drake could just not bring anything new to the role and the writing was so boring she didn't have much chance. Cary Grant didn't add a lot, either. Franchot Tone at least had energy and woke me up. And he gave me a smile. He had been married three times. "I like marriage. My wives didn't but I do." So much for the WWII movies with strong female leads with more on the mind than a husband. This presages the glop of the Fifties and early Sixties."I haven't done a single thing that isn't legitimate for a girl." I'm guessing this movie was pretty nauseating even in 1948 when actually it was remarkably easy to get married with all the returning soldiers flooding the country. We know what happened when the children of the mothers at the seminar grew up. They rejected ideas about tricking men into marriage and wanted equal relationships.The only genuine and interesting part of the movie for me was the smile and kiss Betsy and Cary shared at the end. Cary practically glowed.

Neil Doyle Anyone watching EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED today can see why Betsy Drake never made it as a big star. She's an acquired taste with her thin, pensive face and her thick lips and that little lisp that comes and goes while she gushes about her dream man--CARY GRANT--whom she married shortly after finishing the film.She did have a certain flair for light comedy but here it's wasted on a silly script that has her running after Grant in a manner that would have called for a restraining order in today's society. Grant just sort of walks through a role he could have played in his sleep and the gags, only a few of which are genuinely amusing, are much too bland to recall once the film is over.FRANCHOT TONE is completely wasted but DIANA LYNN has a few good moments as Betsy's more sensible friend. But no one is at their best and it's the kind of film quickly forgotten once you've viewed it.

jasona-10 Stalker is right! Girl sees guy, girl wants guy, girl contrives mundane ways to keep bumping into him, girl won't leave him alone, girl pretends to be a patient, girl can't stop talking about him, girl pretends to love another guy (or two), he doesn't pay attention to her because she's annoying, girl STILL won't leave him alone. Played right, Drake's character could have been charming but she's completely, wholly, unrelenting in her pursuit of Cary Grant's character, her girlfriend-in-cahoots is dull, and sadly, Drake's attempt at playing, "charmingly screwball" comes off as, "disturbingly demented." Grant is himself, as usual, which is fine for Cary but it's as close to a phoned-in performance as I've ever seen from him. The direction is lackluster and the dialog is just plain dim.Screwball comedy is very difficult to do successfully and when it fails, like in this stubbed-out butt of an attempt, it just stinks. Worse still, Drake spends the entire film in need of a lot of Valium and a restraining order. She ruins any humor to be found in this drier than mummy dust relic.

vizfam That was just my little dig at the PC crowd. This movie may be an anachronism for today's society, but it is a fun watch, and a highly entertaining movie. It stars Cary Grant and Betsey Drake. Betsy plays a goofy girl with a good heart, who pursues the seemingly unattainable Grant, who she fell for after they met at a magazine rack in a local store. She is smitten and pursues him like a woman obsessed. Grant is a pediatrician, who has no interest in her whatsoever. She creates what seem like chance meetings, much to the chagrin of Grant. He is wise to her antics and just finds them amusing, knowing full well that this relationship will never get off the ground . I as a viewer thought to myself that there is no way this good looking successful man is going to fall for this goofy and strange person. If that happened today he would probably get a restraining order out against her. The two of them have this wonderful interplay that is very amusing. He does a brief imitation of her to someone, and it is dead on. I always wondered if he improvised that scene. I won't tell you the ending, since you may not have seen it, but it is a surprise. Betsy Drake and Cary Grant were married soon after doing this movie together. I believe the marriage lasted 10 years. Give it a shot. They certainly don't make them like this anymore