Everyone has been on a road trip that felt like it would last forever. Don't try and tell me that you haven't because even a half hour drive can seem like an eternity to a little kid. Any trip can feel exponentially longer when you have a brat in your traveling party (child or adult) that will stop at nothing to make your life miserable.It Happened One Night is about Ellie Andrews, the daughter of a rich man, that has runaway to elope with a fortune hunting pilot. Along the way she runs into unemployed newspaper man Peter Warne. Her lack of street smarts, her lack of money, and a $100,000 reward for the return of Ellie makes for a very upsetting, and dangerous, situation for Peter. That is, of course, until he decides that Ellie is not too bad to look at.
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, "Clark Gable is UGLY!" Despite his toadiness, he gives a great performance as a crusty, fast-talking newsman. While this definitely was an old movie, and maybe a little slow in parts, it was fun to watch. Not as exciting as Harry and Lloyd's road trip in Dumb and Dumber, but not quite as boring as the road trip in Grapes of Wrath.
The Bottom Line:
Rating: 4.0
Would I own it? Eh...maybe.
Would I recommend it? Yes. I know lots of people that would love this movie.
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