Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

A rich businessman (Cary Grant) and a young woman (Doris Day) are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save her virginity for marriage.First of all, I loved the scene that may have been the inspiration for "She's All That". A secretary takes off her glasses, puts down her hair... and what happens? Absolutely nothing! Brilliant.Nothing terribly special about this film, but it is always a joy to see Cary Grant. He is generally quite a likable chap (even when he is being unlikable, as in "Father Goose"). And Doris Day is alright, too, even if she is strangely cast as someone 15 years younger...I would love to know how accurate the credit card computer room was. I have my doubts, but certainly in those days it was much more about punch cards than anything digital...

THAT TOUCH OF MINK is a deliberately old-fashioned romantic comedy teaming up two of Hollywood's biggest genre stars, Doris Day and Cary Grant. They play the usual bickering twosome when they're brought together after Grant's car splashes Day during a rainstorm and he decides to make amends. What follows is entirely frivolous and completely unmemorable.Much of the story centres around Day's grating, all-too-wholesome character as she goes around shopping and the like. I wasn't really interested in these moments, but the scenes she shares with the naturally charismatic Grant are better. There are also a couple of decent characters in support, namely John Astin and Gig Young, but the emphasis is very much on putting across Day's carefully-manufactured image. I guess I'm completely the wrong demographic for this sort of picture.

An out-of-work blonde beauty encounters a very wealthy diplomat and undergoes fears of re-loosing her virginity without the benefit of a wedding ring. It all starts when Cary Grant's car splatters Doris Day with mud, and his assistant Gig Young is drafted to apologize for him. Day demands that his boss apologize to her in person, but when she sees him, it is her doing the apologizing. Before she can break into "Que Sera Sera", he has her under her spell, and is making arrangements to fly her all over the world in an effort to seduce her. Day won't have any of that without a wedding ring and develops a rash in her nervous condition. Later, she tries to get over her fears by getting drunk before a planned seduction, but all she ends up with is an empty bottle used as a toe condom.In their only film together, Grant and Day make a good pair, but it is very apparent by a reference to Rock Hudson that Grant has taken over what may have been his part. As per usual in this period of his career, Grant gets a younger leading lady (Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, Audrey Hepburn, and Leslie Caron were among the others), but his charm evaporates the age difference. There is a funny recurring gag involving Audrey Meadows (as Day's acerbic roommate) and Gig Young where Meadows, thinking that Young is the rogue out to deflower Ms. Day, keeps attacking him humorously, twice in a New York auto-mat (through the service window no less), and later in her apartment building. John Astin, as a sleazy unemployment center clerk, offers more laughs in his three scenes. "I've got TV dinners", he gleefully announces to the disgusted Ms. Day on their date. "We're having mackerel", he informs her before handing her a bottle of Muscatel. Meadows adds amusement in a role typical in most Doris Day films, having earlier been played by Eve Arden, Mary Wickes and Nancy Walker, and later by Rose Marie and Kaye Ballard on her TV series.An excellent screenplay, beautiful art direction and a stunning fashion show add to the film's charm. Ironically, this is one of the few films where Day does not sing at all, even over the credits.

Cathy Timberlake, a country girl looking for a job and Philip Shayne, a rich businessman meet in New York City after his Rolls Royce splashes her with mud.They fall for each other, but the only problem is she wants to get married and he has no interest in such a thing.That Touch of Mink (1962) is directed by Delbert Mann.The leading couple is something grand, for we have Doris Day and Cary Grant.They share some chemistry together.Gig Young does great job as Roger.Audrey Meadows is terrific as Connie Emerson.Alan Hewitt is great as Dr. Gruber.John Astin is quite hilarious as Mr. Everett Beasley.Portraying themselves are Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra.The movie has some fun moments.One of them is when Cathy is waiting for Philip in the hotel room and gets drunk.And the phone call for Beasley makes you chuckle.Roger's visit at the shrink is quite funny.This isn't a classic of romantic comedies, but Cary Grant and Doris Day make it work.