Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

atlasmb The premise for I Love You Again is that William Powell used to be a con man, but something happened to him nine years ago that caused amnesia and he started over in life, becoming a successful businessman who was unimaginative, cheap and uncaring. As our story starts, he is on a transatlantic crossing and is struck on the head, causing him to regain knowledge of his original persona, the chiseler.When he arrives stateside, he tries to insinuate himself into his old life. He discovers he has a wife. He finds that he has wealth at his disposal. As the shadowy character he now is, he decides to steal from himself. And he cases his own joint. He also wants to use his reputation as a trustworthy, conservative businessperson to defraud some townsfolk.His problem is that his wife plans to divorce him, but he finds her desirable. Myrna Loy is luminous as the wife who is surprised by her husband's behavior. She spurns him at every turn, but perhaps love can find a way.ILYA has some funny bits--like the scene where he takes his wife shopping. And the scene where he leads a group of "Junior Rangers" on a trek through the woods. Watch for Our Gang's Alfalfa and Robert Blake as scouts.This lighthearted comedy, despite the convoluted story, is easy to follow and lots of fun.

robert-temple-1 William Powell and Myrna Loy! A pure recipe for alchemical gold, and nowhere better seen outside of the 'Thin Man' series than here. This is a better film than LOVE CRAZY which they made the following year. This is a truly hilarious film, with a wonderful script and first rate gag lines, with plenty of opportunities for laughing out loud. The story itself is, or at least seems, flimsy and nonsensical. William Powell was hit on the head nine years earlier and has had amnesia. Having previously been a con man, he has along with the amnesia experienced a total personality change. He has settled down and become a respectable citizen of Habsberg, Pennsylvania, where he is a pillar of the community, the head of the Boy Scouts, and a member of the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, and all those worthy bodies. He manages a pottery. He never touches alcohol, his hobby is taxidermy, and he even keeps a stuffed squirrel by his bedside which he stuffed himself. He is also pathologically mean with money and counts every penny obsessively. In other words, he has become a super-bore, and his attractive wife Myrna Loy can't stand being ignored anymore and has filed for divorce from this most disappointing, annoying, and unsexy husband. At this point he is hit on the head again and reverts to being his previous mischievous self, whom Loy had never known. This leads to all sorts of comedic escapades and because he now finds Myrna Loy irresistible, Powell sets about wooing her afresh as his new/old self (hence the title of the film). The strange thing is that there are documented cases in the annals of psychology of this sort of amnesia-associated personality change taking place, and also of the reverting back. It is rare and extreme condition, but it does happen. It is known as a dissociated fugue-state. (See my review of HOME AT SEVEN with Ralph Richardson where I discuss this psychological issue further.) The general public will just accept all this as 'a bit of hokum', not being aware that such things have actually happened from time to time. However, this is no time to be serious. This film is intended as pure fun. It works because of the magical sparkle between Powell and Loy, which chiefly owes its magic to Powell's remarkable and humorous personality and the unique response to it which seems to have emerged spontaneously from Myrna Loy from the moment they met. Theirs was a cinematic matching made in heaven. The two of them together really are so amazing that one ceases to pay any attention to what the film is about, and one just watches, mesmerized, as they interact with one another. They could be sitting and knitting or reciting the telephone book and it would barely matter. In this film, Myrna Loy finds 'the man she always thought was hidden inside' her husband and 'loves him again'. However, he then is hit on the head again. And I won't ruin anything by saying what happens next. One of my little hobbies is imitating the cooing of doves. I had not realized that William Powell was there before me, but then I must not reveal too much about what he is cooing about, as it might not make it past the Hays Office.

edwagreen William Powell and Myrna Loy, a great movie team starred in this 1940 farce about a man who gets clobbered by accident at sea and reverts back to a former life.William Powell gets clunked and so do we as we have to watch this nonsense.Frank McHugh is in this too and he is great in his drunkard scene, but once Powell tries to save him and gets hit, McHugh becomes his partner in crime as they together with another person shall try to bilk the town of a lot of money.There is also Powell marching with a group of boy scouts in the woods. I thought he'd get clunked again there and go back to his previous ways. This didn't happen there but he gets hit by the partner when love conquers all and he decides to quit the scheme when he falls back in love with Loy.Bring back those Thin Man mysteries. Asta, too.

harry-76 What's it about Powell and Loy that's makes for so perfect a screen match?For one thing, they look like they're having such a good time, playing off one another's deft personality quirks. What one leaves unsaid, the other speaks up and answers. When one "teeters," the other "totters." It's like watching a subtle game of chess with upbeat tempo.As Nora and Nick Charles in "The Thin Man" series, they were unsurpassed; yet equally as good in other films, like "I Love You Again."In this clever little comedy, Powell's given most of the pratfalls, while Loy's more the "straight," which she handles with her usual charm and skill.About the only weak thing here may be its all-too-generic, forgettable title. Otherwise, it's a film full of laughs, and another bull's eye for one of the screen's all-time "duo champs."