A regularly maligned romantic comedy from Hitchcock. The critiques are clear: there's abuse of power in the dynamic, it is unaware of the realities of class divide and it presents a crude portrait of either submissive or combative femininity (they sneer or they serve), alongside a similarly poor depiction of masculinity.
However, there is such a silliness to it. A mobile camera paired with deft editing touches -- this is very well cut -- gives the film a lightness that…