The movie's theme was good, a story about a woman tired of her mentally ill husband who decides to bump him off and run away with her lover, with other people including another honeymooning couple getting involved. But the movie feels overlong and lacking the tension it should have had.What went wrong? The movie takes too much time to showcase Marilyn Monroe and what eye candy she is, which was not done with other, better movies of hers such as "The Seven Year Itch" or "Some Like It Hot". Another problem is that the movie overdoes on what is presumably supposed to be comic relief. The second couple who gets involved with the Loomises has a smart wife but an annoyingly stupid husband, and even worse is when he second couples' boos shows up and his hammy jokey performance gets truly annoying.The plot and most of the characters are credible and not as predictable as expected, but the movie feels like wasted potential.

a quirky movie its a testimony to human capacity for ruthlessness and Marilyn Monroe does well to play the part of a woman only concerned with her interests but one thing continues to puzzle me about the movie I found on the street how does cotton figure out the success message of the bells ringing their what they say is their special tune? I watched three times but still couldn't see it shown how he figures it out ,in summary one of the best movies ever made i ONLY JUST SAW IT FOR FIRST TIME EVEN THOUGH I'm 65 ID OF NEVER SAW IT IF i HADNT FOUND ON STREET i WATCH MOVIES RARELLY expected this to be junk but was surprised how unique it was

The Cutlers (Jean Peters, Max Showalter) are from Toledo, Ohio on their long awaited honeymoon in Niagara Falls, Canada. They arrive at the Rainbow Cabins to find their cabin still occupied by Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe). She's a former beer hall waitress in a volatile marriage to George Loomis (Joseph Cotten) who suffered battle fatigue in Korea. She contacts Ted Patrick for some nefarious reason. George goes missing and Rose is hospitalized from the shock. The Cutlers move into the cabin. George surprises a half-asleep Mrs. Cutler. Later at the bottom of the Falls, he tells her that he killed Ted in self-defense and now wants to disappear as a dead man.There are two stars in this movie. It's the power of Niagara Falls and the attraction of Marilyn Monroe. In another age, Monroe would have dined out as a noir femme fatale. She is magnetic on screen. She is convincing as a woman who could drive men crazy and Joesph Cotten embodies that madness. Every men turn their heads when she walks in and the camera focuses on her mercilessly. Jean Peters is a beauty in her own rights but she is downright plain Jane in her presence.

Like - WOW!!... Marilyn Monroe has never looked hotter than she does in Niagara. Man, Monroe just sizzles in this flick, especially in her hot-pink dress.This 1953 Thriller offers great fun for the viewer on a variety of levels.(1) Film Noir themes abound (albeit in Technicolor).(2) Oodles of location shooting around Niagara Falls.(3) And, best of all, Freudian Symbolism runs amok.Monroe plays Rose Loomis, an unbelievably ripe femme fatale.Niagara's twisted tale of greed and infidelity has the tantalizing Rose devilishly plotting (with her handsome toy-boy) the murder of her emotionally unstable husband, George. And, what better way to do him in, then a quick, hard push over, into the roaring Falls.Adding to Niagara's thrills - Director Henry Hathaway does an excellent job of squeezing the most out of the spectacular scenery around Niagara Falls.If you're a Marilyn Monroe fan, then you're sure to enjoy this seductively wicked flick.