![]() ![]() As with some other roles and with other stars (i.e, Alma with Doris Day in "Pillow Talk") Ritter is the key to some of the humor. ![]() The cast are all fine in this film, but the standout performances clearly are by Reynolds as Lucretia Rogers, and Thelma Ritter as Aggie Gates. This is the stuff that Lucille Ball took to television with her sitcom shows. She was the young girl coming of age as a young woman, and with it, she stumbled, fumbled, tripped and fell in any number of hilarious scenarios. Reynolds was known for this in her earliest films as Tammy and a couple other roles. The first two-thirds have some of the funniest antics of a female star in film. There's plenty of action in some of the comedy, but there's no resemblance of this film with pioneering, high seas, discovery, or swashbuckling films that make up the genre of adventure. The latter includes a serious aspect to it. Rather than an action, adventure, comedy, this film is clearly a comedy Western and family film. This is another example of a title that has almost nothing to do with the plot, and even the billing is off. And, because if was a movie made in 1961 that was set back in the last days of the settling of the West, it isn't dated. "The Second Time Around" is a very good film that the whole family should enjoy. ![]()
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