The Tender Trap

Name: The Tender Trap
Genre: Comedy
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 67

1955, Comedy, 1h 51m

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Movie Info

Successful theater agent Charlie Reader (Frank Sinatra) lives a playboy's life in New York City. When his childhood friend, Joe McCall (David Wayne), shows up with a desire to leave his wife, the two are awestruck by each other's lifestyle. While Charlie is busy with his newest girlfriend, marriage-obsessed actress Julie Gillis (Debbie Reynolds), Joe falls in with Sylvia (Celeste Holm), a rebuffed former flame of Charlie's, and the two friends must make different but equally important decisions.

Genre:

Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Charles Walters
Producer:

Lawrence Weingarten
Writer:

Julius J. Epstein
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 4, 1955 original
Release Date (Streaming):

May 13, 2008
Runtime:

1h 51m
Distributor:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Debbie Reynolds
Julie Gillis

Frank Sinatra
Charlie Y. Reader

David Wayne
Joe McCall

Celeste Holm
Sylvia Crewes

Jarma Lewis
Jessica Collins

Lola Albright
Poppy Masters

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Critic Reviews for The Tender Trap

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Audience Reviews for The Tender Trap

May 24, 2015

So incredibly terrible, and Debbie Reynolds knew it. Julie, her naïve husband-chaser of a character, was and perhaps is a reality and a trope, but does she have to be so devoid of personality otherwise? What is love, and why does Charlie even fall in love with her? There's no charm to their dated courtship at all, and it's a waste of Debbie's singing and dancing talents. The bouquet passing bit at the end is cute, and the movie makes interesting enough insights into Martian and Venusian conflicts with Charlie's reforming rover, Joe's disillusioned family man, and Sylvia's career dame with a ticking marriage clock (played by the serene Celeste Holm), but the injection of a petty, needy, indecisive stereotype just sets gender politics back fifty years...not to mention screenwriting.

Alice S Super Reviewer
Sep 18, 2008

Pleasant but unspectacular comedy, Celeste Holm and David Wayne are wonderful and Sinatra is fine but Debbie's character is annoying and someone who anyone with any sense would run away from quickly.

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