Cubussoli
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Clevercell
Very disappointing...
clevergirlsmail
This movie seems at first to be almost feminist for the time. Doris Day's character is a housewife who has always wanted to be an actress. When she finally gets a role in a soap commercial, her husband (played by James Garner) can't stand it. He believes that she should be perfectly contented with being a housewife. He gives her a tough time about not being at home constantly and she goes out of her way to try to be home. Even going to the extreme of taking photoshoots in their bedroom. James Garner's character is a doctor who delivers babies (this is important later on) and is not home very often so he is even more frustrated when she isnt there. While at the hospital he hears a woman say "there's nothing more fulfilling to a woman than having a baby. He decides he wants to get his wife pregnant but gets frustrated when he drives his car into the new pool that the wife got from her soap company. As the story progresses, the husband tries to make Doris Day's character have a break down at work but pretending to have an affair and going to great lengths to portray it as such. The wife does have a breakdown on live television and makes a fool of herself. She starts to doubt herself even more. In the end Doris helps James deliver a baby and the baby "fulfills her". She has never felt this close to her husband (because he does this every day). She decides that she wants to be a doctor's wife again (apperantly she was no longer his wife when she got a job) and leaves acting behind her.
bpklaw
Did anyone notice that Buddy Hackett was one of the guys cleaning out the pool on the construction team after the detergent.Beverly's kid is strikingly similar to Ron Howard and this is the same era as the "Music Man."A 1958 Cheverolet convertible (Impala) while still in style in 1963 is now iconic, much more than an '63 Imperial. Water damage ruins everything. In today's market we would say that was car murder! James Garner and Doris Day are quite special by today's standards.This film was avant guard for woman's rights to be treated equally. In 1963 this was quite a step forward
JasparLamarCrabb
An immensely enjoyable movie. Doctor's wife Doris Day is suddenly TV's "it" girl when she starts appearing in soap commercials. Domestic mayhem ensues. Husband James Garner is none too happy and Day finds juggling home-life, work-life and instant celebrity pretty difficult. It's a pointed satire in the guise of a 60s glossy comedy directed with a very sure hand by Norman Jewison and written by the great Carl Reiner (with an assist from Larry Gelbart). Day is terrific and has plenty of chemistry with Garner. The colorful supporting cast includes Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Zasu Pitts as a daffy housekeeper and Reginald Owen as Day's chief benefactor. Reiner himself pops up in a series of cameos that get progressively more ridiculous. Russell Metty provided the high gloss cinematography.
FountainPen
Spoilers Warning: Yes, Doris Day is as perky as ever; yes, James Garner is rugged & handsome, yes the colour is great, BUT all the screaming by many of the characters is terribly off-putting and immensely irritating. Even Doris at times raises her voice unnecessarily.You might enjoy this comedy offering if you can ignore the grating loud voices and the at times stupidly-written script (little boy nods several time to answer yes to his father on the phone, utterly ridiculous even for the early 60s).Particularly objectionable with his raucous yelling was the old man. Perhaps another actor could have given him some amusement appeal, but in this film he is just plain coarse and annoying.Generally, I love Doris Day movies, but this flick really tested my patience. I put great blame on the director. It is very dated now.
