vincentlynch-moonoi It's always a bad sign when you think about starting your review by saying, "This film has its moments", because that really means very few moments.What's good about this film? Not much. It does showcase the versatility of Jane Wyman, although I don't think she did her own singing here (perhaps I'm wrong). And, that's about it.What bad about this film? First of all it's a silly premise that can be done well...but usually isn't...and isn't here. What is the silly premise? That a feuding couple each tries every trick in the book to win the other back, and every time one realizes they really love the other one, then the other one doesn't. Although we know what the ending will be. And thank god the ending finally came. It isn't that the songs here are necessarily bad, they're just very forgettable.Addendum: Today, one day later, I watched "The Awful Truth" -- the original of this story starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. "The Awful Truth" is so superior to "Let's Do It Again" that there's just no competition. Take my advice, skip this film and go straight to the original. It may be grainy in appearance, but it's a far more enjoyable film.Further, at least in the first half of the film (when it's more a musical than a comedy), Ray Milland seems out of place. As the movie progresses it's a better fit for him because the musical aspect is de-emphasized.I have never understood what anyone say in Aldo Rey. Honestly, the man didn't belong on the big screen (or for that matter, the little screen). The supporting actors here have little of importance to do, other than moving the story line forward.So now that I have panned this film (and believe me, it deserves to be panned), I'm going to sit down and watch the original -- "The Awful Truth" starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. That's my suggestion to you, too.

MartinHafer In 1937, director directed a clever romantic-comedy, "The Awful Truth". It starred Cary Grand and Irene Dunne and the film was often wonderful--one of the better films of its type in the 1930s. Now, in 1953, the much less famous director Alexander Hall is given the unenviable task of doing the remake--with lesser actors in the leads and a lot of unnecessary singing and dancing tossed into the mix. Is there any possible way he could even come close to the original in quality or laughs? Well, the answer is an obvious NO--and I pretty much figured this out before the movie began. After all, the only reason to remake a movie is if the original was somehow seriously flawed and the remake corrected this. But the original was awfully good, so polished and featured amazing actors at their best--so how could Ray Milland and Jane Wyman hope to recapture the magic. Plus, the new script certainly isn't any better-in fact it's much worse (the film just didn't know when to end--and the final song by Wyman was god-awful). It seems that the one relatively minor flaw I saw in the original was still in this one...that the wife really did have reason to divorce because it's implied that the husband really WAS cheating on her. And, cheating is certainly NOT a subject that makes a film romantic. Now a misunderstanding causing the divorce, that probably would have worked better.The bottom line is see the original and only see this remake if you are bored and there's nothing better on the television. Not a bad film--just an unnecessary one.

edwagreen Jane Wyman and Ray Milland united 8 years later after the award winning "The Lost Weekend." By 1953, they made this very frothy, often silly film "Let's Do It Again."It must be remembered that Jane Wyman began her career as a song and dance lady. She sings and dances here, but after performances such as "The Yearling," and her Oscar winning "Johnny Belinda," and with the other fabulous "The Blue Veil," and "All that Heaven Allows," along with "Miracle in the Rain," and "Magnificent Obsession," to follow-she will always be remembered as a great dramatic actress.This film is inane as she and Milland play a theatrical couple divorcing after a misunderstanding. Wyman meets up with Aldo Ray, a millionaire, horrendously miscast in this film. The film is devoted to turning the tables on the divorcing couple. This remake of "The Awful Truth" is silly at best.

bkoganbing Let's Do It Again is the third rendition of the play The Awful Truth about an about to be divorced couple who really belong together, but have to wait until the end of the film to find out. Ray Milland and Jane Wyman are the couple repeating the roles that Cary Grant and Irene Dunne had back in 1937 in The Awful Truth.This started as an Arthur Richman play back in 1922 which ran 144 performances on Broadway with Ina Claire in the lead. So Let's Do It Again has a distinguished pedigree. This version had a musical score attached to it by Lester Lee and Ned Washington, none of the songs you will remember.Jane Wyman who could sing and dance proves she can again in this film, it's the main reason to see the film. Ray Milland starts off well, as the film opens you see him jamming on the drums at a club while Wyman thinks he's in Chicago. He fakes that pretty good, but when he's called on to sing, it's not his finest hour on the big screen. The main ballad in the film is sung by Dick Haymes on record to Wyman.She has two suitors for her on the rebound, Tom Helmore and Aldo Ray. Ray is not terribly comfortable in the Ralph Bellamy part, Bellamy played his role in 1937 film. Helmore is a cad, as he many times is on screen. The distinguished pedigree of Let's Do It Again does not guarantee a top quality product. Overall the film is all right, but there's nothing new that's really good here.