Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

Wordiezett So much average

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

flackjacket After leaving Mayberry, Don Knotts did several films: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968), The Love God? (1969) and How to Frame a Figg (1971).Of all these films, "The Love God?" was the absolute worst. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Don Knotts, but for the era, the storyline was far too risqué for his original fans. Sorry, but Mr. hometown America just doesn't mix with a porn magazine. Especially in 1968.My personal opinion is this film alienated his original "Mayberry" fan base. And ultimately, years later, led to a new fan base with his role as Ralph Furley on Three's Company, which was a sitcom built on a barrage of sexual innuendos.He basically "switch channels" when he made this film, in turn losing his old fan base of the moral middle class but gaining the degenerate middle class that finds off-color jokes funny.Sad, but I guess it paid the bills.

masercot Don Knotts is one of the last great physical comedians, making movies in a time when physical comedy was on the wane. His face was a chaotic assembly line of expressions. In ten seconds he could express thirty different emotions, from abject terror to rage to calm certainty. Most of the humor in his movies is in how he reacts physically to a situation.This movie is no different. The man publishes a bird watching magazine. The magazine is going under, but is republished by an adult magazine publisher who wants to use it to display "birds" of his own. Knotts is then vilified as a sex maniac...horrifying some...fascinating others. It is a light satire.The Love God has the components of the other Knotts movies: Sudden change in situation, devoted girlfriend, misunderstandings, ostracizing former friends and reconciliation. Not as good as How to Frame a Figg...but fun nonetheless...

moonspinner55 There's a germ of a good story idea in here somewhere. Don Knotts plays a decent small town guy named Abner Peacock who is fond of birds--the feathered kind. He's a Boy Scout leader, Sunday School teacher, bird-impressions extraordinaire, and publisher of an under-funded bird-lovers magazine which is taken over by a smut peddler with a postal impediment. Knotts unknowingly becomes a wanted man and is soon arrested for porno-pushing, later learning that if he pleads guilty and continues with the girlie mag, he could become a millionaire. Pop-eyed Knotts has a fun first scene in church doing bird-calls in song, but he wears out his welcome by his second scene--it's all downhill from there. Shrill, shrieking, and generally unpleasant to watch, Knotts never appears to be having a good time and he gets little support from a mostly-geriatric supporting cast. Anne Francis (just off her role in "Funny Girl") plays a shrewd editor who must pretend that she can't keep her hands off Knotts (her first line, "Cool it boys, I'm slumming", must have resonated bitterly with Francis). The cheap Universal sets and overly-bright lighting (with constant camera and crew shadows) are an eyesore, while the inept direction ensures that everyone acts manic, waving their arms in comic distress. If there's anything good to say about the picture, it's the fashion show montage mid-movie, where even Knotts looks passable in the groovy '60s clothes. * from ****

WallyB A major misstep in the Don Knotts series of features that included such clean family entertainment as "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" and "The Reluctant Astronaut"Unlike its "G" rated predecessors this film was rated two levels higher (originally "M" which became "PG-13")American audiences did not go to a Don Knotts feature to hear words like "filth" "pornographic" "degenereate" and "pervert"Knotts plays the same basic small town guy he always did, in this case the 4th generation publisher of a bird watching magazine. When the magazine goes bankrupt it is purchased by the owner of a sleazy girlie magazine in order to use it's mailing license. Don is framed for selling smut and unexpectedly wins a court trial becoming an instant celebrity in the cause of civil rights in the "sexual revolution".With the same pedigree as Knotts' previous films including a twangy Vic Mizzy score, you'd expect a lighter touch but somehow this film just seems tawdry and out of step, especially the first half.'Back to the Future' fans will easily recognize the Universal back lot which became "Hill Valley, California". Indeed the same small town main street was used in all 4 of the 60's Knotts films.'Desperate Housewives' fans will get a kick out of seeing Don walk down what, 35 years later, would be Wysteria Lane.If you HAVE seen the previous 3 comedies (4 if you count Warner Bros. "Incredible Mr. Limpet") you may want to see this out of curiosity but if you haven't, see the others first.