This is a very funny film, definitely worth watching. It not only stars the great comedy duo from the Thin Man series, William Powell and Myrna Loy, but also features Frank McHugh. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke (who directed the pair in The Thin Man (1934)), this comedy drama's screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, George Oppenheimer, and Harry Kurnitz; Leon Gordon and Maurine Watkins's story was based on Octavus Roy Cohen's novel.Powell was a dashing con man that was bumped on the head such that he'd forgotten who he was and had become a boring clay pot manufacturer in a small town, married to Loy. However, the film opens with Powell on a cruise ship who, having just rescued con man McHugh, now remembers his previous life but not his current one. Finding that the person he'd been is actually worth something (e.g. has money in the bank), Powell, with help from the enabling McHugh, determines to "steal" his own money and hit the road.However, when the cruise ship docks, Powell's character is met by an attractive woman (Loy) that he finds out is his wife, though she's seeking a divorce from the boring man he was, to marry another, Herbert (Donald Douglas). Intrigued, Powell decides to return to the small town, with McHugh in tow, to learn more.Of course, there are a series of hilarious misadventures, as Powell romantically pursues his own disillusioned wife Loy, causing her to see a side of her husband that she'd never seen before, which interests her. But, a former con man associate of Powell's, Duke Sheldon (Edmund Lowe) shows up, convinced there must be a bundle to be schemed from the town folk, and threatens to disrupt things.Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer appears as a boy scout in Powell's small town character's troop; Charles Halton (uncredited) plays his dad. Harlan Briggs, Henry Hayden & Jason Robards Sr. appear uncredited as well.

Despite the classic Powell-Loy pairing, the results are only fitfully funny. The premise is a good set-up for comedy—stuffed shirt Wilson (Powell) gets conked on the head and reverts to con-man persona Carey. Now Carey sees an opportunity to fleece big-wig Wilson's all- American town by pretending to be Wilson. This creates a number of amusing situations as Carey-Wilson tries to bluff his way through the impersonation. But will the con-man be able to withstand the basic goodness of the townspeople and Loy's endearing qualities. The droll Powell bumbles his way along in typically artful fashion. However, Loy is largely wasted in a secondary role as Wilson's rather dour, estranged wife. Unfortunately, the role gives Loy little opportunity to show her own comedic style. Too bad that the pairing fails to live up to its proved potential. Then too, the direction lacks snap, likely the result of a spotty script with too little room for pacing. I guess sidekick McHugh was added for plot reasons, but it's really he, not Loy, who gets to play comedically off Powell. Anyway, it's an okay time passer, but still a distance from the elegantly droll Thin Man series.

William Powell and Myrna Loy! A pure recipe for alchemical gold, and nowhere better seen outside of the 'Thin Man' series than here. This is a better film than LOVE CRAZY which they made the following year. This is a truly hilarious film, with a wonderful script and first rate gag lines, with plenty of opportunities for laughing out loud. The story itself is, or at least seems, flimsy and nonsensical. William Powell was hit on the head nine years earlier and has had amnesia. Having previously been a con man, he has along with the amnesia experienced a total personality change. He has settled down and become a respectable citizen of Habsberg, Pennsylvania, where he is a pillar of the community, the head of the Boy Scouts, and a member of the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, and all those worthy bodies. He manages a pottery. He never touches alcohol, his hobby is taxidermy, and he even keeps a stuffed squirrel by his bedside which he stuffed himself. He is also pathologically mean with money and counts every penny obsessively. In other words, he has become a super-bore, and his attractive wife Myrna Loy can't stand being ignored anymore and has filed for divorce from this most disappointing, annoying, and unsexy husband. At this point he is hit on the head again and reverts to being his previous mischievous self, whom Loy had never known. This leads to all sorts of comedic escapades and because he now finds Myrna Loy irresistible, Powell sets about wooing her afresh as his new/old self (hence the title of the film). The strange thing is that there are documented cases in the annals of psychology of this sort of amnesia-associated personality change taking place, and also of the reverting back. It is rare and extreme condition, but it does happen. It is known as a dissociated fugue-state. (See my review of HOME AT SEVEN with Ralph Richardson where I discuss this psychological issue further.) The general public will just accept all this as 'a bit of hokum', not being aware that such things have actually happened from time to time. However, this is no time to be serious. This film is intended as pure fun. It works because of the magical sparkle between Powell and Loy, which chiefly owes its magic to Powell's remarkable and humorous personality and the unique response to it which seems to have emerged spontaneously from Myrna Loy from the moment they met. Theirs was a cinematic matching made in heaven. The two of them together really are so amazing that one ceases to pay any attention to what the film is about, and one just watches, mesmerized, as they interact with one another. They could be sitting and knitting or reciting the telephone book and it would barely matter. In this film, Myrna Loy finds 'the man she always thought was hidden inside' her husband and 'loves him again'. However, he then is hit on the head again. And I won't ruin anything by saying what happens next. One of my little hobbies is imitating the cooing of doves. I had not realized that William Powell was there before me, but then I must not reveal too much about what he is cooing about, as it might not make it past the Hays Office.

W.S. Van Dyke seems to be having a blast directing this madcap comedy that brings together one of the most endearing couple of the cinema: Myrna Loy and William Powell."I Love You Again" starts aboard a Trans Atlantic crossing where we meet Larry Wilson. He is a tight man with his money, as shown at the ship's bar where his penny pinching is embarrassing. After an accident lands him on the water, Larry suffers a blow to the head and he becomes amnesiac, reverting into a former self, a con artist. With the help of his new best friend, Doc Ryan, he realizes he's struck gold. He's rich!Little prepares Larry for what awaits him on arrival in New York. His wife, Kay, is at the pier! Nothing makes sense of Larry, and thus begins a game of catch up with his new persona. Along the way, Kay and Larry battle because she doesn't want any part of the stingy Larry. We watch Kay as suddenly falling for Larry as he seems a changed man. Love will win in the end!William Powell plays the double personality man Larry Wilson/George Carey, with his usual flair. Myrna Loy is shown at her best. She showed such a beauty and sophistication in the film that's hard to imagine anyone else playing Kay. Frank McHugh is excellent as Larry's would be partner-in-crime. Edmund Lowe and Donald Douglas are good as well.The movie is a lot of fun and will reward anyone watching it.