The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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That Uncertain Feeling
Comedy · Romance · 1941
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Movie details
That Uncertain Feeling
“It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!”
1941 Comedy · Romance 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over That Uncertain Feeling?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Donald Ogden Stewart · Walter Reisch · Victorien Sardou · Emile DeNajac
Merle Oberon
Jill Baker
Melvyn Douglas
Larry Baker
Burgess Meredith
Alexander Sebastian
Alan Mowbray
Doctor Vengard
Olive Blakeney
Margie Stallings
Harry Davenport
Jones
Sig Ruman
Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
Court is in session
Put That Uncertain Feeling on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.