It may have been interesting to see WWII from the POV of stay-at-home (or working) wives and girlfriends, but this is not that type of film.
It's basically a celebration of the life of Jo Jones, the Rogers character, who gets to work in a factory while her husband Chris is away. Jo joins forces with three female colleagues (and lately their housekeeper) to stay afloat while their men fight the war.
Robert Ryan as Chris is in the movie only at the start and in flashbacks that detail their love story. Unfortunately Jo seems quite the shrew. The scene with Chris asking her to marry him is especially grating, since Jo doesn't shut up one minute to deliver her distorted view of the situation.
Given that her character is not particularly sympathetic, the movie drags on quite a bit until the melodramatic end, where Jo gets to deliver an overlong patriotic speech.
There is a reason why most WWII movies are about the soldiers and not about the wives at home in the US, and this is a good example. BTW, I was not impressed by Trumbo's screenplay regardless of whatever was written and filmed about it.
It's basically a celebration of the life of Jo Jones, the Rogers character, who gets to work in a factory while her husband Chris is away. Jo joins forces with three female colleagues (and lately their housekeeper) to stay afloat while their men fight the war.
Robert Ryan as Chris is in the movie only at the start and in flashbacks that detail their love story. Unfortunately Jo seems quite the shrew. The scene with Chris asking her to marry him is especially grating, since Jo doesn't shut up one minute to deliver her distorted view of the situation.
Given that her character is not particularly sympathetic, the movie drags on quite a bit until the melodramatic end, where Jo gets to deliver an overlong patriotic speech.
There is a reason why most WWII movies are about the soldiers and not about the wives at home in the US, and this is a good example. BTW, I was not impressed by Trumbo's screenplay regardless of whatever was written and filmed about it.