After her rather saucy turn in "Pillow Talk", I'm surprised "Lover Come Back"'s co-screenwriter Stanley Shapiro (who also had a hand in "Pillow Talk") has Doris Day taking backwards steps and playing the untouchable good girl once again. Appearing slightly matronly in her blonde bubble 'do, Doris is kept stressed and exasperated while the rest of New York City has a good time. She's an advertising executive competing with Rock Hudson for clients. She meets him and falls for his "innocence", but only because he's courting her under an alias. This plot-thread is borrowed from "Pillow Talk", as most movie-buffs will notice, but the comparisons really end there. Only one scene utilizes the split-screen technique, and "Pillow Talk" third-party Tony Randall has no moments on-screen with Day. Ann B. Davis, as DD's secretary, stands in for Thelma Ritter. Yet overall, it's just not as fresh or as funny as the first teaming, and Doris' character isn't thought out properly (and she makes a sudden personality change at the end that seems written to comply with 1961's morals). Stylish, and with amusing sequences, this "Lover" is over-extended and feels a little heavy. **1/2 from ****
Review of Lover Come Back
