This is about an insurance worker, Baxter (Bud), who lends his apartment to big company officials for their work and meetings. His manager is willing to promote Bud if he lets him use his apartment. The problem is that Bud likes his manager’s mistress, Fran who he thought he would have all to himself. This movie takes one on a journey to see if Bud chooses the girl he is head over heels for, or his promotion that will affect the future of his career.
A scene that stood out to me was the very end. This was the New Year’s scene where Fran is with Baxter’s manager at the party in the bar. There’s a shot of people counting down to midnight and the celebrations happening right after, then the camera goes to the chair that Fran was expected to be in. Suddenly there is audible worry in the manager’s voice, yelling for Fran as to where she has gone. Then we see Fran running to her apartment building and as she goes up the stairs she hears a loud noise, mimicking a gun-shot. She immediately thinks that Baxter shot himself and runs and yells for him as she bangs on his door. Baxter calmly opens the door with a bottle of champagne that he opened, which was the cause of the sound, and Fran is feeling a bit embarrassed. Fran acts cool and decides to spend the rest of the night with Baxter, drinking and playing cards. This scene sums up how Baxter gets the girl in the end. One can see the love for Baxter in Fran’s worrisome manner as she freaks out about Baxter. It was quite a happy ending. I was not a fan of this film. The beginning of the film that leads to the meat of the plot is very slow and feels like forever. It’s a quite a bore. The movie itself was too long and could have easily been only an hour long. The plot itself was weak and was not executed well at all. The main character, Baxter, is very annoying and I couldn’t stand another minute of him on screen. Overall this film was bad. This gave me ,'It’s A Wonderful Life,' vibes, but not nearly as good. Don’t even think about watching this as your ‘holiday,’ film. Honestly I am upset I didn’t like it.
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