An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it had been nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, I thought I might as well check it out. Even though I expected it to be another version of ‘Heaven Can Wait’ (1978) and ‘Down to Earth’ (2001), in spite of its title, it turned out to be something completely different after all. Anyway, to be honest, eventually, I had a hard time to connect with the damned thing after all. Basically, it was the story of a man from his birth to his death and the guy was convinced that he should go to hell because he spent his whole life seducing pretty much every single woman he met. Well, the conclusion provided by this movie was that being a serial womanizer (maybe even a sex-addict?) was not such a crime after all, in fact, the guy did make many of this women really happy, according to Satan himself. Well, I’m not sure I would agree with this assessment. At least, it was really neat to see the lovely Gene Tierney who must be one of my favorite classic actresses, some kind of vintage version of Milla Jovovich, and she was just a perfect choice to play this character. However, the actor I enjoyed the most was Charles Coburn though. Indeed, I have been focusing recently on movies released in the 40’s and I kept seeing this guy in many of these movies. Well, he always steals the show and this movie was no different. Still, I have to admit that Don Ameche, in arguably his most famous role, was also pretty good but I’m afraid I didn’t care much for the old-fashioned and outdated views displayed in this movie. Anyway, to conclude, even if I wasn’t completely sold, it was still a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.