Eres para mí

Slick, fast-paced unfunny romantic comedy as rich Peter Lawford and research doctor Gig Young don't exactly romance Jane Greer, but more accurately bid on her for her affections. Young seems grouchy at being in the picture, Lawford tries to get through his lines as fast as possible and Jane Greer seems to just want to leave the scene.

"You for Me" is a very problematic film. While it's clearly a rom-com, it suffers from a fatal flaw....you just can't like anyone in the story!

The story begins with an irresponsible rich guy (Peter Lawford) getting shot in the butt in a hunting accident. Because Tony Brown (Peter Lawford) is so rich and important, the hospital drops everything to treat him--calling nurses and doctors in to perform an emergency operation....not that it was exactly life saving! One of the nurses, Katie (Jane Greer), is peeved that the patient is so spoiled and she tells him off...and soon she not only finds herself out of a job but the hospital out of an endowment from Tony. So, Katie spends much of the film kissing up to that playboy in order to get money from her for the hospital. And, it's not only her...everyone seems to have their hands out to Tony and even Katie's family exploits the guy. Dr. Chadwick (Gig Young) is not amused by all this and it's obvious he's smitten with Katie...as is Tony.

Dr. Chadwick is a grouch, Katie and her family are users, Tony is an irresponsible jerk and, well, pretty much everyone you see in the film is nasty--either wanting Tony's money or acting grouchy for little reason. After a while, it felt like a chore trying to stick with this one....and it's a shame as the film does have an excellent cast. The problem is the script.

Though a B film, shot in studio sets and the back lot, superior writing and performances from the leads provide a very pleasant time. The story, though pretty predictable, is flawlessly constructed, the dialog witty. Greer, Young, and Lawford give flawless light comedy performances with occasional dramatic moments.

It's a shame that Greer didn't have a more robust film acting career, because she's such a good actress, always natural and believable, and handles the verbal give and take perfectly.

The film has no film composing credits, but the sprited, sprightly music under the opening credits is "Confetti" by Bronislau Kaper, probably written for another movie, which had some life beyond the films, as did some of his other movie theme music.

This impressively silly film starts off with a bang with playboy Peter Lawford having a hunting accident which results in his getting buckshot in his tail. Bickering doctor Gig Young and nurse Jane Greer when not verbally sparring spend most of their screen time examining Lawford's derriere. Although this viewer is willing to concede that the aforementioned part of Lawford's anatomy may very well comprise that actor's greatest charm, the charm is not so great as to serve for the main focal point of an entire film especially when it is never even glimpsed by the audience. That notably absent and undoubtedly welcome sight alone could begin to atone for enduring nearly 80 minutes of Lawford's usual obnoxious urbanity and the total waste of both Young and Greer who are brought together by the end....Lawford's end, that is.

You for Me needed much more work to be an attractive feature. The cast has no chemistry together, and you don't care which man Jane Greer ends up with. Its attempts at humor are particularly lame, and it seems to get worse as the movie progresses. Should have been rewritten and recast, but we don't live in the best of worlds, so this is what we got. It isn't so hot. A definite second feature or 'B' film.