The Grass Is Greener

Released Dec 23, 1960

1h 45m

Comedy

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89%

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9 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

An English earl (Cary Grant) and his wife (Deborah Kerr) open their stately home to the public, including a Texas oilman (Robert Mitchum).

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Penelope Gilliatt

Observer (UK)

This blow for England and monogamy, struck by an English husband-and-wife playwriting duo, Hugh and Margaret Williams, did very well... as a stage comedy. In transferring it to the screen the writers have sacrificed nothing of the quality of the original.

Mar 6, 2024

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

The lines and situations are of such majestic ineptitude as to reduce even Cary Grant to mediocrity.

Jul 22, 2019

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Fun Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr comedy romp with Stanley Donen touch.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 14, 2009

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Robert Mitchum will surprise you

Rated: 4/5

Apr 20, 2007

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Rated: 3/5

Mar 30, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jun 19, 2005

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Liam D

The charming cast and director Stanley Donen (The Pajama Game, Arabesque) elevated a very standard situational comedy

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

I loved the movie! Robert Mitchum & Cary Grant both act with such natural grace & ease. It was a funny movie. I watch it about once a year. Mitchum is one of my all time favorites. Love his bedroom eyes & deep sexy voice.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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steve d

Not Grant's best but it is still a blast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This film has a solid cast and exceptional script. Its blasé approach to adultery with four unsympathetic characters didn't appeal. The film's tone didn't help in its inconsistency, varying between drama and screwball comedy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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This is the most interesting movie I have ever seen when it came down to marital issues and affairs. The way the husband handles his wife falling for another manis truly remarkable! Never seen anything like it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

The four stars shine in this cute comedy about Grant and Kerr, financially downtrodden proprietors of a manor house in the Downton Abbey vein. They open the doors to tourists, and each becomes involved romantically (she with Mitchum, he with Simmons). If you can believe that any woman would leave Cary Grant, you'll enjoy this. Only the stagey atmosphere works against it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

An English earl (Cary Grant) and his wife (Deborah Kerr) open their stately home to the public, including a Texas oilman (Robert Mitchum).

Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Stanley Donen
Screenwriter: Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner
Distributor: Universal Pictures, Republic Pictures
Production Co: Grandon Productions Ltd.
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 45m

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