Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

vincentlynch-moonoi Looking at the credits, one would think this would have been one of the stronger Hardy family films, but it is not. Not saying it's bad, but it's nothing special. Yet, there are the Hardy family, Judy Garland, and a young Lana Turner (filmed during here second year in films when she was sometimes still uncredited or had scenes deleted).Here, Andy (Mickey Rooney) has girl trouble -- too many girls. There's Polly Benedict, a somewhat loose REDHEAD (Lana), and a too young (really?) visitor next door (Judy). Of course, Andy was always having girl trouble...just not so many at one time. And he's trying to buy an old beat-up car. And his grandmother has had a stroke and Mother Hardy has to go to Canada.Why do I say this is not one of the stronger Hardy family films? First off, Andy Hardy is usually portrayed as a fairly nice kid with decent manners. Not here. He treats Judy Garland's character shabbily. He takes advantage of -- for money -- Lana Turner's character. And he's unfaithful to Polly Benedict (while the cat's away the mice will play). Second, I thought I bet Judy Garland will have a couple of swell numbers here. In my estimation, perhaps the worst musical numbers she had in any film.So, for me, I'd say that unless you're intent on watching all the Hardy films, pass this one by.

MartinHafer While many folks might really love this installment of the Andy Hardy franchise because you get to see Lana Turner AND Judy Garland, no matter how you look at it Andy is a jerk. Andy is broke and needs money...a theme in nearly all the Andy Hardy films. So, to get money for his car, he agrees to take Cynthia (Turner) out and show her a good time. Now why would anyone want to pay Andy to do that? Well, her boyfriend is going out of town and wants to be sure Cynthia never gets serious with any other boys...so he pays Andy to date her...technically making Andy a giggolo! As for his steady girlfriend, Polly (Ann Rutherford), she's also out of town and so she apparently won't be the wiser. To complicate things, a new neighbor, Betsy (Garland) just moved in and she is infatuated with Andy...though she's obviously too nice for him. What's to come of all this?The notion that three women would fight over that pipsqueak Andy is a bit hard to imagine. And, as for Andy, he treats all of the young ladies abominably and it's really hard to pull for him in this film. Because of this, although it has an amazing cast, it's also not one of the better films of the series. Plus, with Judy in this one, they were obliged to throw in three songs--three not very good songs. As a result, it messed up the formula which worked so well in the rest of the Hardy films. Had this been "Babes on Broadway" or a similar Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland film, it would have made a lot more sense. Worth seeing but weak.By the way, Mary Blake (Grandmama from "The Addams Family" TV show) makes her first of two appearances in the series.

Michael_Elliott Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) *** (out of 4) Andy (Mickey Rooney) catches a break when girlfriend Polly (Ann Rutherford) must head out of town because this leaves him able to earn $8 for a car he wants to buy. All he has to do is date his best friend's girlfriend (Lana Turner) while he's out of town as he doesn't want her going around with any other boys. Things don't go as planned but at least Andy has his new neighbor (Judy Garland) who just happens to have a few plans of her own. This fourth film in the series is often considered by man to be the best but I'm not certain I'd go that far. If someone is looking for pure laughs there are funnier films in the series but at the same time it's easy to see why this one would get so much attention due to the terrific cast. I guess you could say Andy is the luckiest guy in the world if his biggest problem is dating women like Garland, Turner and Rutherford but that's the major of the film's storyline. There are a few minor subplots dealing with Judge (Lewis Stone) having to take care of the fort when his wife (Fay Holden) leaves to take care of her ill mother. I'm guessing mom was pretty much written out of this one simply because you had so many other characters that needed attention. Apparently this film was shot in just 19 days and was released to theaters less than two months after it was given the green light. It's hard to imagine any movie being written, shot and shown in such a short period of time but I guess you have to give the MGM factory credit for this. Even though I wouldn't name this the best of the series there are still enough good moments to make it a must see. The majority of the charm comes from Rooney and his energy as he tries to get through all these situations while at the same time learning various life lessons. It's hard to imagine anyone else in the role of Andy Hardy as Rooney is pitch perfect for it and he matches well with the three females. He and Rutherford always had that great charm in each film but the real shock was seeing how good he was with Turner. The two really seem to have great chemistry and this comes across during a terrific scene in the woods where they kiss and Rooney lets out a scream of pleasure to which Turner then laughs in hysterics. Garland certainly gets the majority of the screen time and she does a fine job as well. She also gets to sing three songs, which she does a good job with even though none of the songs are all that memorable. It goes without saying but Lewis Stone is at the top of his game as normal. LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY is certainly a flick that any film buff should see simply because of the great cast. It's hard to think of a film with more young talent but they all deliver the goods and make this an entertaining little gem.

kcfl-1 What were the producers thinking? Why would anyone prefer Ann Rutherford to Judy Garland? Anyone with eyes can see she's the star, not to mention anyone with ears. She dominates the film, but Andy ends up preferring someone else because Judy is "too young." It looks like they tacked on a line by Judge Stone that Judy's character must be "12 or 13" to explain the incredible turn of events. According to TCM, Judy was 16, Lana 17 and Ann 18 at the time. But Andy's character is supposed to be 15, "waiting to be 16." Remarkable how Judy has It here, the voice and the looks. I had thought that as she got older, her voice broke down as her acting improved, but here she matches anything the mature Judy did.