When wisecracking Pat Carroll quips that she doesn't understand why the parents are never the ones who run away, she probably gave a lot of mommies and daddies a good idea. You see, her pal (construction company boss Doris Day) has just eloped with Brian Keith, and the four kids in the mix have mixed ideas, particularly Day's oldest son and Keith's daughter. Sexual tension is sure to develop between these two 18 year olds, but the two youngest rambunctious pre-pubescents are cool with their new daddy.
Sound like "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family" and "Yours, Mine, and Ours" with a touch of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" thrown in? Yes, it's sitcom-ish, but fun. Day goes off on stepdaughter Barbara Hershey like you've never seen her go off before, showing some huevos as she hands over the lady of the house duties to the spoiled teen not used to sharing daddy with another woman, let alone one he's sleeping with. She's also slightly bitchy, giving it to the flirtatious neighbor of Keith's who openly flirts with him, saying she was just taking a walk. "Nice night for street walking", Day tells her, to which I spit out my soda, not expecting something like that from the all-American good girl.
Heading out of motion pictures into TV, Day was in a transitional stage of her life, but retains her likability that kept her as queen of the Box Office for 15 years. Keith suits Day as a screen partner, then involved in his own sitcom ("Family Affair"), and well remembered as a dad with two perplexing teenagers in "The Parent Trap". As the newlywed couple face crisis after crisis (switching between each of their houses to suit the four kids not ready for total change), the film is realistic in its identification with the structures of 60's families. Alice Ghostley, Jamie Farr and the family dog (who is first seen eating Day's wig, certain it is a possum) offer amusing scenes. The comedy bits are prevented from too much silliness, and are not very far fetched. It is guaranteed to leave you with a smile. After disasters like "Caprice" and "Where Were You Where the Lights Went Out?", Day could be happy that her film career concluded on a nice note.
Sound like "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family" and "Yours, Mine, and Ours" with a touch of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" thrown in? Yes, it's sitcom-ish, but fun. Day goes off on stepdaughter Barbara Hershey like you've never seen her go off before, showing some huevos as she hands over the lady of the house duties to the spoiled teen not used to sharing daddy with another woman, let alone one he's sleeping with. She's also slightly bitchy, giving it to the flirtatious neighbor of Keith's who openly flirts with him, saying she was just taking a walk. "Nice night for street walking", Day tells her, to which I spit out my soda, not expecting something like that from the all-American good girl.
Heading out of motion pictures into TV, Day was in a transitional stage of her life, but retains her likability that kept her as queen of the Box Office for 15 years. Keith suits Day as a screen partner, then involved in his own sitcom ("Family Affair"), and well remembered as a dad with two perplexing teenagers in "The Parent Trap". As the newlywed couple face crisis after crisis (switching between each of their houses to suit the four kids not ready for total change), the film is realistic in its identification with the structures of 60's families. Alice Ghostley, Jamie Farr and the family dog (who is first seen eating Day's wig, certain it is a possum) offer amusing scenes. The comedy bits are prevented from too much silliness, and are not very far fetched. It is guaranteed to leave you with a smile. After disasters like "Caprice" and "Where Were You Where the Lights Went Out?", Day could be happy that her film career concluded on a nice note.