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Riptide

Released Mar 30, 1934 1h 30m Drama List
Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Mary (Norma Shearer) is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford (Herbert Marshall) on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie (Robert Montgomery). After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.
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THR Staff Hollywood Reporter Riptide traces with meticulous care the path traced in a human being by the slow, poisonous growth of a terrific jealousy. Apr 9, 2019 Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Some strictly tabloid exposures. Not Miss Shearer's best picture. Jul 22, 2019 Full Review Bryant Frazer Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus Gets wrapped up ever-tighter around one very small idea — the notion that a marriage requires much honesty and patience in order to work. Rated: C+ Jun 11, 2009 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Routine Norma Shearer (wife of MGM producer Irving Thalberg) romantic love triangle melodrama. Rated: C Jun 10, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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acsdoug D I liked this one. There was genuine suspense as to which guy she would choose, although the story wraps up a little too quickly and neatly. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Steve D It is hard to buy into the main relationship. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/04/24 Full Review ashley h Riptide is an okay film. It is about Mary who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Norma Shearer and Herbert Marshall give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Edmund Goulding did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and romance. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Poor script and overbearing acting by Shearer. You want to shake her and ask "Why can't you just be yourself?" Hopefully, the affected and effete presence she maintains on screen is not the real person. There is no chemistry here between any of the actors and only the opening scene is funny, but it has no relevance to anything that is to come. Thalberg should have shut this down as soon as he realized this was bad. Wouldn't reading the script do that? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member wrong description here Flixter-dumbasses! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an interesting plot if one considers the time period it was produced. However, it must have been difficult for the working person of the1930's to relate to characters spending their time at vacation houses and night clubs and not caring for their children... a rather empty life style to me. All that in mind, the values of faithfulness in marriage are examined in the film. Mary fails the test with her husband , but not necessarily with the audience. Her husband rushes to judgment the first time he hears word of her exploits with another man. Then he pushes her into cheating with him the next time. It is a wonder that the two ever get back together. I enjoyed the acting except that there are times that Robert Mongomery looks more like a punch-drunk boxer than a desirable gentleman. The movie is worth watching for the fashion, the footloose lifestyle (that still exists), and the statements it makes about women and morality. TMC/Comcast cut off the ending by approximately two or three minutes. I had to read here that it was a happy ending. Apparently, the movie is not 90 minutes long! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mary (Norma Shearer) is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford (Herbert Marshall) on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie (Robert Montgomery). After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.
Director
Edmund Goulding
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 1934, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 30m
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