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A waste of 90 minutes of my life

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Showing on Moonlight Movie Channel, Amazing Adventure is remarkably close to the same plot as Sullivan's Travels, although Sullivan's came five years later. and THAT one doesn't give credit to Phillips Oppenheim. anyway. Amazing Adventure is from the novel Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss. a Cary Grant film that I've never seen before! pretty rare. co-stars Mary Brian. Rich, british guy Ernest Bliss (Grant) is totally bored and can't sleep. His doctor tells him to go work for a living, and that will solve all his problems. Bliss takes him up on the offer and hits the road with only five pounds in his pocket. He meets Frances (Mary Brian, who had already made THREE films with W.C. FIelds.) Sadly, we don't see her get to use comedy in this one... this one is more of a drama. of course, Bliss runs into some shady characters, and things get complicated. It turns into a mostly-light-hearted caper. Pretty good. And of course, it's a Cary Grant film! Produced by Robert Garrett, Otto Klement, and the director, Al Zeisler.

The Amazing Adventure (1936)** 1/2 (out of 4)Ernest Bliss (Cary Grant) is a millionaire whose doctor says any ill-health would be because he's a spoiled person who doesn't know what hard work is. The doctor then makes a bet with Bliss that he wouldn't be able to live without his inheritance, which Bliss disagrees with. Soon the once millionaire is starting from scratch and trying to live like an average man for one year.After several years in Hollywood, Grant returned to Britian where he made this film, which was originally released under the title of THE AMAZING QUEST OF ERNEST BLISS. Grant would return to Hollywood where he's start some of the most famous films of his career. However, when this film finally hit America, it did so under the title THE AMAZING ADVENTURE and its original 81-minute running time was cut down to just 61-minutes, which is the version reviewed here.During this era there were quite a few movies that were about rich brats who took bets to live like your average poor man. The story certainly wasn't anything fresh or original and overall the quality of this movie isn't the greatest but if you're a fan of Grant then it's certainly worth watching especially since he turns in such a good and fun performance.I thought he was extremely believable int he role of this rich man who finally and quickly sees how hard the working man has it. Grant brought the class to the role that you'd expect and he also handles the more charming moments perfectly and especially at the end. Mary Brian plays the love interest and she too is good in her role, although it certainly wasn't the best written in the film.I'm not sure what's missing or whether or not it improved the film or not. With that said, the direction isn't the greatest and the film doesn't have much style going for it. What it does have is a charming story and the wonderful performance by Grant, which makes it worth watching to his fans.

Cary Grant just as he was coming into his own as a Hollywood icon went back to the UK to make this mild independent production that was released here by the short lived Grand National Studios. As Ernest Bliss he's a rather indolent and bored rich young twit and is feeling run down lately. His doctor talks to him like a Dutch uncle, saying his only problem is that if he had to work for a living he wouldn't be so bored. The doctor bets Cary that he couldn't go for a year just living on wages he'd make from a job.Today we would call people like this trust fund babies. Two examples of that, each in their own way, would be Paris Hilton and Michael Moore. Cary takes him up on the challenge and does in fact live for a year himself on his own wages from various jobs.Cary does cheat a little though, he reaches into his trust fund, but to help other people. And he does learn a lesson about what ordinary people have to deal with.In real life Grant knew full well. As Archie Leach in London he grew up in some very humble circumstances and knew full well what hard work was all about.Though Cary's performance was fine, the production values on this film were pretty shoddy. There was material for an A picture though, Frank Capra should have done this story and James Stewart would have been great had the location been America.

Initially intriguing, but ultimately unsatisfying, British comedy-drama that is best remembered for giving Cary Grant fans a chance to watch the actor work in his home country. The film works as well as any other "class comedy" of the era as it allows its hero to survive without relying on his wealth, and therefore finding his true self in the process. Unfortunately, director Alfred Zeisler and screenwriter John L. Bladerston compromise their own reliable premise in the third quarter, which undermines the film's enjoyable first two-thirds by a considerable degree. Grant is in fine form throughout this acceptable film.The version I viewed of this picture was titled THE AMAZING ADVENTURE, and had runtime of 61 minutes. There is reportedly a version of the movie that clocks in a 80 minutes, although I have know information of the differences between the two cuts, nor which version was originally released in theaters.