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Breakfast at Sunrise Review:
By 1927, movie fans knew what to expect from Constance Talmadge, and while this light comedy is entertaining enough, it's certainly predictable. Madeline (Talmadge) and Pierre (Don Alvarado) have both been thrown over by their lovers and decide to romance each other to make their ex-sweethearts jealous. They carry the ruse so far as to get married. But when Madeline and Pierre affirm early on, "I can never learn to love you -- that's understood," the viewer knows exactly what's going to happen. In spite of the fact that Madeline is fabulously wealthy and Pierre is flat broke, it's guaranteed that they'll be together at the fadeout. There is some fun along the way, especially when Pierre's gold-digging ex, Loulou (Alice White), and Madeline's wealthy, womanizing former lover, the Marquis (Bryant Washburn), find they have an affinity for each other. In addition, there's Marie Dressler, who stands out (as usual) in the couple of scenes in which she appears. The film also offers a lot of close-ups of Talmadge, who was still at her peak of loveliness. Director Malcolm St. Clair does an excellent job with the story, but the film seems rather long for such flimsy material. This was Talmadge's next-to-last film, and considering that this and her last picture, Venus, cover such familiar terrain, perhaps it was smart of her to leave her acting career behind -- she quit while she was ahead. Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide