Robert Joyner
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
vincentlynch-moonoi
A lot of people seem to think that if a film has some humor in it, then it's a comedy. I quite disagree, and this film is a good example. Yes, there's a goodly share of humor here, but really, the film is a fantasy. It's sort of a different take on the old time travel theme, although here it's only a 24 hour trip for a newspaper reporter who gets into some odd adventures through reading the next day's newspaper today (got it?). But rather than call it a comedy, I prefer to look at it as a story that doesn't take itself too seriously.What makes this picture work so well is the cast. Reportedly, Cary Grant was wanted for the lead, and I certainly can see him in it. But Dick Powell does very nicely. Personally, the Powell films of this time period are improving as he moved from light comedy into drama; you might say that for him this was a transitional piece.I've never thought much of Linda Darnell, but she does quite nicely here as the corny female half of a fortune telling act, and as the love interest for Powell.Jack Oakie is quite entertaining as the uncle of Darnell, and the other half of the fortune telling act.A number of familiar faces fill in the supporting cases, including Edgar Kennedy, but I found John Philliber -- who brings the future newspapers to Powell -- to be most interesting here. I wasn't at all familiar with him, but apparently he did more work in the theatre than in films.This is a very entertaining film. Recommended. You'll have a few laughs, but if you think about it, it's NOT exactly a comedy.
LeonLouisRicci
This Sometimes Charming Movie is Almost Ruined by the Bombastic, Over the Top Irritations by Jack Oakie. He is Insufferable Most of the Time and is Saved Only by the Beauty of Linda Darnell, Dick Powell's Engaging Performance, and a Good Story.It's Been Done Quite Often, this "knowing the future will do you no good" Plot in Countless Books, TV Shows, and Movies, but it is Almost Always Intriguing. Just What Would You Do? Of Course, Those Lottery Numbers and Race Results are Surely Going to Bring in Lots of Cash Quickly and Just as Quickly...POOF!.Overall, the Movie is Worth a Watch because it is Lively, Funny At Times, and Well Done. But Only if You Can Stand the Buffoonery and Over Ripe Slapstick and Yelling of One Jack Oakie.
utgard14
Dick Powell plays a reporter who is given a newspaper that correctly predicts the headline for the following day, allowing him to get the scoop on all the big news stories. This brings him more problems than he bargained for. Interesting, charming, sometimes funny fantasy that falls short of greatness because it lacks some 'kick.' I'm not sure why it was necessary to make the story take place at the turn of the 20th century. I think it would have worked better in a contemporary setting, particularly given the things going on in the world at the time. Still, it's enjoyable with a good cast. Powell is always likable and Linda Darnell is lovely. I even liked Jack Oakie and I'm not always a fan. As others have pointed out, the '90s TV series Early Edition used a similar premise. Not set in the same time period, of course.
robert-temple-1
There were many 'screwball comedies' in the 1930s and 1940s, and this film could probably be described as 'a comic screwball ghost film'. The French director Rene Clair evidently found it more convenient to be in America during the Nazi occupation of France, and this was a film which he shot there in English. I saw the DVD in a French issue, and the French subtitles did no justice at all to the racy colloquial English spoken in the film. Dick Powell, with his quirky laconic humour tinged with despondency (one imagines him going home after shooting to a lonely Scotch), is perfectly cast as a young journalist who wants to know tomorrow's news today. The old codger who kept the archives for the newspaper, eerily played by John Philliber, dies and comes back as a ghost to hand Powell the next day's paper in advance, and he does so several times. This leads to wildly incalculable results, including Powell being accused of murder and trying to escape his own murder of which he has read the report. Powell falls for the glamorous Linda Darnell, jealously protected by her uncle Jack Oakie, and there is a big tussle over her. It is all very lively and very jolly, and although it is not sophisticated, the implications are profound, as the nature of time is under serious consideration, however light-hearted the story may be. The film is adapted from a play by Lord Dunsany.
