shobbs-86081 Review of Having Wonderful Time

Having Wonderful Time (1938)

Waste of time but I watched the whole movie

[3/10 · 20 December 2023]

Unfortunately, previous negative reviews were absolutely spot-on for what was wrong with this movie, and I failed to heed the urgent warnings of doom. It IS probably the worst Ginger Rogers movie she ever made, so if you're watching for her, good luck on seeing anything of her dancing or coy come-hithering. And the script (if one can name a bunch of loosely connected catch phrases and a dead end plot a "script") is just non-existent. Red Skelton is really embarrassing, and the chance to see a young Lucille Ball is not sufficient to keep one's interest beyond her scenes. Finally, about halfway through, just as I was giving up on the movie and about to turn it off, Fairbanks and Rogers did a 180° turn from ugly, cantankerous, obnoxious fools into sweet lovers, so I stuck around to see the expected ending. It was not enough, but I did give it a 3 for the last half of the movie (would have been a "1" without the turnaround.)