Christmas in Connecticut

1945

Action / Comedy / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 13179 13.2K

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Director

Peter Godfrey Photo
Peter Godfrey

Top cast

Walter Baldwin Photo
Walter Baldwin as Sheriff Potter
Fred Kelsey Photo
Fred Kelsey as Harper
Dennis Morgan Photo
Dennis Morgan as Jefferson Jones
Joyce Compton Photo
Joyce Compton as Mary Lee
1080p.BLU
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 85

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by timothywalton-31924 7 / 10

A cure for a lonely Christmas

Christmas In Connecticut is, in my estimation, one of the most breezy, runaway joys to have reached the screen. Controversially, I find it plays out better than many other Christmas movies like It's A Wonderful Life. Christmas is a time to be merry and happy, to feel the warmth and cosiness of one's comfortable physical and human surroundings amid the cold harsh winter outside. This movie, through superbly acted characters, achieves just this.The movie is unabashedly a joyous comedy which does not feel constrained to representing reality with some moments of sentimentality. The rich atmosphere it creates from its talented cast achieves just that. Sydney Greenstreets performance is just fantastic, playing a newspaper mogul whose authority and confidence means he does not know how to shut up and listen to people. This character trait of him is played for laughs, endearing the audience with him. Barbra stanwyck is also pitch perfect as the flustered writer who now has to navigate cobwebs of lies she spun herself. S Z Sakall is also exquisite as her well meaning friend. He steals the scenes which he is in, playing matchmaker for our two leads, and his character oozes loads of likeability. We all wish we really did have an uncle like him. Part of the great fun of this film is, inevitably watching how Stanwycks Lane has to navigate the web of lies she has spun for herself, and this plays out delightfully. The schemes and plots through which Sakall helps postpone the imminent wedding is also funny. The only complaint however is that the film is of course predictable and formulaic- the old romcom formula of having two leads separated, then reunited is adhered to stringently here. But that shan't be too much of a deterrent especially for a Christmas film, for it is the process by which out two leads are pulled apart and get back together we are interested in, and this process is delectably charming in this film. Christmas in Connecticut is a pleasantly breezy film that takes its place among the great Christmas films, and it warms the cockles of the heart- the cure for a lonely Christmas.
Reviewed by atlasmb 7 / 10

Hunky Dunky!

This romantic comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane, a woman who writes a lifestyles column for a popular magazine. Her publisher commands that she host and prepare a dinner for Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan), a sailor who was lost at sea for eighteen days. Because Miss Lane's own lifestyle is a literary fabrication, she resorts to an elaborate ruse. Her deception has consequences that complicate matters, leading to both romance and comedy.There is a strong supporting cast, including "Cuddles" Sakall and Sidney Greenstreet, who is fun to watch in a comedic role.Stanwyck and Morgan display a convincing chemistry that is the focus of the film.
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