Love with the Proper Stranger

Love With the Proper Stranger is an entertaining and edgy (for 1963) urban comedy/drama that is still very watchable today. Although basically a love story, the film is also a statement on the sexual mores of the day. Lovely Natalie Wood... Full review

Love With the Proper Stranger is an entertaining and edgy (for 1963) urban comedy/drama that is still very watchable today. Although basically a love story, the film is also a statement on the sexual mores of the day. Lovely Natalie Wood... Full review

Yeah it's a great chick flick, but not just a chick flick. I'm a 63 year-old guy who first saw the movie 40 years ago and I still remember it vividly. The story line was on target then and still is... Full review

This is my first Steve McQueen film. To be honest, I think this movie is very well-edited and acted. The movie deals with abortions and sex before marriage. It's not really dated, in my opinion. It's fun to watch these two... Full review

This is my first Steve McQueen film. To be honest, I think this movie is very well-edited and acted. The movie deals with abortions and sex before marriage. It's not really dated, in my opinion. It's fun to watch these two... Full review

This film has always struck me as Natalie Wood and SteveMcQueen's best work in movies. Both would go on to successesand failures, but neither would seem as natural and as unaffectedon screen again. The story of a good working-class Italian... Full review

I awoke at 3:00 am last night to Love With The Proper Stranger. I hadn't seen it in probably 35 years. I adored it. When I first saw it in 1963 I was 16 and it made a terrific impression... Full review

I give this movie high marks because I loved Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen. I'm not sure it was Oscar-Worthy, but it was watch worthy. It has a cute ending.... Full review

Watching this film today, it's easy to forget how daring it was for its day (1963) -focusing on an illegal abortion.It's also an fascinating mix of conventional romantic comedy mixed with real grit and passion - and the fact it... Full review

This has always been one of my absolute favorite movies! Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood were perfectly suited for each other. She played brave Angie Rossini wonderfully - trying so hard to break away from her protective Italian-American family, trying... Full review

Not surprisingly, McQueen is refused a loan by his girl friend Edie Adams; meanwhile, Wood is being pressured by her family to marry gormless Tom Bosley. Taken for granted by her Italian family, New Yorker Natalie Wood seeks solace in the arms of irresponsible jazz musician Steve McQueen. ... Full Review

Friday, December 14th 2007, 4:00 AM As promised, this marks the start of our new movie column, The Big Picture. Over the last several months, we've received countless letters from film fans sharing their wish to revisit old favorites, and... ... Full Article

Quaint, old-fashioned, and overwrought, this minor classic from the early 1960s features McQueen as a pick-up musician and Wood as a still-living-at-home goodie-goodie who come together after a one-night stand, when Wood discovers she is pregnant with his baby. ... Full Article