Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Move On Darling (1963) is a Comedy/Romance starring Doris Day as Ellen Wagstaff Arden and James Garner as Nicolas Arden. Nicholas Arden heads to the courthouse with his fiancé to be married, but before he does so he must get the judge to sign a petition pronouncing his old wife, Ellen Wagstaff Arden as dead. She was lost at sea but was eventually rescued and made her way home just in time for the honeymoon. She follows them to the hotel to ensure that they never consummate it.This flick has it all- great acting, a darling cast, hilarious scenes throughout that will have you rolling on the floor laughing and a superb plot. Doris Day is stunning and classy. I would recommend this film to all lovers of romantic comedies.

After five years lost at sea, a missing wife (Doris Day) thought long dead returns just after her husband (James Garner) remarries.For the first half of this film, we have what amounts to more or less your typical romantic comedy of the era: a man and his wife trying to reconcile after five years, with some big obstacles in their way. Hilarity ensues, and fans of Day and Garner will love it.Then comes a bit of a plot twist, which turns up the heat... and we get to see Don Knotts in a much-too-small role. How will things turn out when we find that the wife has more than a few secrets of her own? And is it even worth trying to make things work at that point?

Yes, this is the remake of My Favorite Wife - an excellent comedy.It is also a remake of what was to have been Marilyn Monroe's (last) picture; Something's Got To Give.While I doubt SGTG would've gone down as one of Marilyn's best, it definitely held out promise - for both the RomCom genre, and, for Marilyn's career.A big mistake (initally passed down by 20th Century Fox) was how/why Marilyn was terminated, etc.A little known fact was Marilyn WAS rehired to finish the film - and was looking forward to it.Saying that as a preamble, the reason I get a little misty seeing MOD, is I'm very familiar with the stuff MArilyn & co. shot - on the same (some, slightly redressed) sets that Doris & co. use.Scenes that Marilyn played (VERY well!) with a natural femininity (and motherliness) that, while definitely sexy, were NOT 'act sexy' if you get my meaning.One scene in particular, is when Marilyn mets her children (in SGTG, a boy & girl, and in MID 2 girls).Marilyn actually almost brings tears to my eyes when she played the scene, because her interaction with the children was so sincere, so maternal, it was really something to see.In MOD, it's played in a typical 'Doris' style (and, I'm NOT taking ANYTHING away from Ms. Day. I LOVE her!): a bit of silliness, and, the 'sexy' part toned down.If you're familiar with SGTG, then you can play theses comparisons in several scenes - the other being Marilyn/Doris as the masseuse, and Mariyn/Doris at the shoe store (Wit one of my all-time favorite double entendres - Marilyn asking Wally Cox to have lunch with him, and he says he eats lunch in, to which Marilyn says she'd be 'so grateful if he'd take it out.' In each of them, you can see the two women in a rare moment of comparison.I think Doris was put in MOD, and proved herself a real trooper, as this project had such 'stigma' attached to it, and I think she does the best she can.While I can see (and agree) with the comparisons others have given MOD to MFW, I try to look at this not through those eyes, but, through the eyes of what might've been, and what was.A good 1hour 21min of Doris fun.

As a big fan of Doris Day, I loved Move Over Darling. My Favourite Wife is often compared to this film, but I personally prefer this film. Move Over Darling is funny, charming and without a wasted scene. The film looks fabulous, with beautiful cinematography and fresh-looking scenery, while the soundtrack is bright and breezy. Then there is an engaging story, a witty and charming script and professional direction.Not only that there is some fine acting in this film. I have always loved Doris Day, not only as a talented singer but as a fresh and endearing actress, and she is lovely in Move Over Darling, and James Garner as always is immensely likable. While Polly Bergen and Chuck Connors give perfect support as the other woman and the hunk marooned with Day, it is the delightful Thelma Ritter who steals the show as Day's outspoken mother-in-law.Overall, one of my favourite Doris Day films, and a film that is warm, witty and charming. 9/10 Bethany Cox