“本当の妹に本当の恋をした――”
妹が生まれてまもなく、両親の離婚により兄妹はそれぞれ父側と母側へとひきとられ別々に暮らしてきた。 そして10数年たった現在、結婚相談所に勤める耕四郎は妹がいることすら忘れて平凡に暮していた。ところがこの春から、高校進学に伴い妹・七夏がおなじ家で住むことになったのだ。ただでさえ困惑する状況の上に、耕四郎には別の悩みがあった。同居の前に妹とは気づかずにデートした揚げ句、失恋の痛手から思わず涙を流し慰められるという失態。 離れていた時間を埋めるように、ただ純粋に兄を慕う妹。なんとか立派な兄であるよう心がけたい耕四郎だが、出だしからつまずいた上、異性として意識せざる得ないほど七夏は可愛い。 隠さねばならない気持ちは純真な七夏に接する度にどうしようもない、いらだちへと変わり衝突を引き起こす。そして自己嫌悪に嘖まれる日々が始まる・・・
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I know this gets VERY maligned these days as one of the very worst winners ever of the Best Picture Oscar, especially considering 'The Front Page' was the definitive best of those nominated that year, at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony (and that great films such as 'City Lights', 'Morocco' and 'Frankenstein' didn't even get nominated), but if you can take away Richard Dix's horrible overacting (I can't believe he was even nominated for Best Actor that year!) and uneven, sometimes lethargic or indifferent pacing and direction, certain scenes really pack a wallop, I'm glad that I watched it, and it's certainly not the worst Best Picture Oscar-winner I have seen thus far (that would probably be 'Shakespeare in Love', if I recall correctly, but I would love to watch all of them, just to be sure), and in some ways, I even tend to prefer it to the 1960 remake by Anthony Mann, even though I adore films I have seen that he's directed (although I'm not the biggest Glenn Ford fan in the world, so that probably evens things out). Irene Dunne is a delight, as always. Though it certainly could have used a better editor (a good 30-40 minutes could have been sliced off, and no one would be the wiser), it certainly deserves at least one watch, especially if you're a history buff and want to see a decent depiction of how the Midwest was won.
