"A Bill of Divorcement" is a remake of the 1932 film of the same title. The original is better and after watching the 1940 version, I can't think of a good reason to have made it in the first place.
The basic story is confusing and about as probable as Elvis returning to Earth aboard a UFO! Shortly after marrying, a man loses his mind and spends the next 2+ decades locked in a sanitarium. During this time, we are expected to believe that his loving family just never found the time to visit him. And, after more than 20 years, he escapes and shows up at his home just a few days before his wife, I mean 'ex-wife', is about to get married again. He had no idea his wife was going to remarry or that she'd divorced him. In addition to this awkward situation, he finds his daughter all grown up (Mauren O'Hara) and anticipating getting married herself rather soon.
As you can see, the set-up for this film is VERY difficult to believe and what follows isn't any better. To make it worse, the ending...wow is it a mess and apparently what had happened to the father is a guarantee the same will happen with his daughter one day! Now HOW did they come up with this?!
The bottom line is that so much of this story just doesn't make any sense. The actors try their best...but sometimes that just isn't enough. Overall, a ridiculous story that also seems a bit disgusting as no one seems to really care about the mentally ill father.
The basic story is confusing and about as probable as Elvis returning to Earth aboard a UFO! Shortly after marrying, a man loses his mind and spends the next 2+ decades locked in a sanitarium. During this time, we are expected to believe that his loving family just never found the time to visit him. And, after more than 20 years, he escapes and shows up at his home just a few days before his wife, I mean 'ex-wife', is about to get married again. He had no idea his wife was going to remarry or that she'd divorced him. In addition to this awkward situation, he finds his daughter all grown up (Mauren O'Hara) and anticipating getting married herself rather soon.
As you can see, the set-up for this film is VERY difficult to believe and what follows isn't any better. To make it worse, the ending...wow is it a mess and apparently what had happened to the father is a guarantee the same will happen with his daughter one day! Now HOW did they come up with this?!
The bottom line is that so much of this story just doesn't make any sense. The actors try their best...but sometimes that just isn't enough. Overall, a ridiculous story that also seems a bit disgusting as no one seems to really care about the mentally ill father.