Moviecut—Honeymoon

"Honeymoon" is a bad film. It's not terrible, but it is bad--mostly because the humor is very forced and the film seldom entertaining. More bluntly put, it tries way too hard to be kooky. The film begins with an annoying young lady (Shirley Temple) coming to Mexico to marry a serviceman. However, through a long series of unbelievable and annoying situations (mostly caused by her), instead of the marriage coming off successfully, the diplomat who tries to help her (Franchot Tone) ends up getting in very hot water with everyone--particularly his fiancée who THINKS he's making time with this other woman. The film is bad--mostly because the studio didn't seem to know what to do with Temple. While she possessed great talent, here they made her character really annoying and shrill--so much so that America's Sweetheart is now an annoying lady who seems to behave like a 14 year-old suffering through her first crush. She is supposed to be a woman...but rarely seems anything like one.