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Sandra Dee as a would-be professional singer who is (Oops!) pregnant, with three potential dads..., 22 February 2005
8/10
Author: jn1356 from Fayetteville, Georgia

I rate this movie this highly because it does extremely well exactly what it sets out to do--provide a couple of hours of entertaining fluff. In the wake of the news of the death of Sandra Dee, I was asked for my favorite Sandra Dee movie, and I realized this is it! The ever-delightful Celeste Holm and the protective stage mother, George Hamilton too perfect as the snotty boss, the late Bill Bixby, for whom I'll never stop mourning, the sweet friend wanting to help out, and an enjoyable appearance by Mort Sahl, a groundbreaking comedian of the time who now is, unjustly, almost completely forgotten.

A movie that does what it sets out to do and does it well deserves praise, and this one has mine.

Today, Sandra Dee joins my "eternal mourning" list.

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Sandra Dee unwed pregnant singer w/3 suitors, 23 February 2002
Author: oriscordero

Also starring with Sandra are George Hamilton, Celeste Holm, Bill Bixby, Dick Kallman, Mort Sahl & Dwayne Hickman. In this comedy, Sandra Dee is an unwed, pregnant, would-be singer. The film starts out with Dee being rushed to the hospital to have her baby. Accompanying her are three men who want to marry her. The rest of the film is a flashback dealing with Dee's rise to stardom and the pregnancy. Hamilton is Dee's stuffy boss who tries to discourage her from singing.

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In need of some life support...., 2 May 2006
Author: Poseidon-3 from Cincinnati, OH

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Three suitors stumble over themselves attempting to claim Dee's unborn child as their own in this faux-racy, goofball comedy. Dee is a recently graduated young lady who goes to work for stuffy, time-management-obsessed Hamilton while her mother (Holm) dreams of a singing career for her. Dee doesn't care much whether she ever makes a splash as a singer, but it's been Holm's dream for her since she was a child. Hamilton tries to dissuade her from it, thus giving her the gusto to go for it. Meanwhile, Bixby, Kallman and Hickman befriend and pursue Dee, supporting her in her quest for singing stardom while making moves to get her into bed. As sordid as this sounds on paper, it's all very fluffy and chaste, for the most part. Dee, always an appealing person no matter what the material, looks very cute in an array of mid-60's fashions. Her perky charm is put to the limit in such an inane and empty-headed vehicle, but she comes out of it reasonably unscathed. Hamilton gives a by-the-numbers performance, his staid character being loosened up occasionally by some pratfalls in his massive office. Oscar-winning actress Holm is reduced to fluttering around with a plunger and with a bird in her hair. She's attractive enough and has good chemistry with Dee, but this is hardly a gold star on her resume. The sitcom-level suitors give their customary broad performances, none of which are particularly memorable. Nightclub comedian Sahl gives a contrastingly deadpan performance as a jaded club owner. The film looks good and has a few amusing bits, but generally comes off as forced. The title has nothing to do with the story since Dee is fully aware that she has engaged in sex. Thus, pregnancy shouldn't be too much of a surprise. The "shocking" notion that Dee could be pregnant and unwed is lessened somewhat by the fact that she played an even younger girl, about a decade before, who was knocked up by Troy Donohue in "A Summer Place" (though the hook here is that the audience is initially led to believe that she has no idea who the father is.) Among the secretaries in the office pool are "Star Trek"'s Nichols and "Little House on the Prairie"'s Stewart (unrecognizable at first to those who know her only as Miss Beadle!) It's okay as a time killer or for fans of the stars, but is certainly no classic.

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Klutzy comedy..., 4 December 2005
2/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Sandra Dee, at this point in her career struggling for roles (and not just roles which might extract her from the 'Gidget' persona, but ANY roles), plays pregnant and unmarried "singer" involved with three different suitors, but who's the father? Would-be modern comedy has the same leftover faces from those early-'60s bedroom comedies (Bill Bixby, George Hamilton, Dwanye Hickman--what happened to Richard Crenna, was he busy that month?). Film substitutes wit with leering stupidity, although Celeste Holm and Sandra Dee create a nice rapport as mother and daughter. The men are all lackluster, as is the screenplay and the direction. * from ****

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A Poor Attempt at Comedy-, 29 April 2006
2/10
Author: Terry from New York

I recalled seeing this movie as a child in the 70's, and was very excited when I saw that TCM was showing is this month. I made sure I taped it and then settled down for a fun night of nostalgia. Well... I was very disappointed! This film makes no sense and is so slapstick that is is an embarrassment for fans of Sandra Dee, like me. I wasn't expecting high drama, but compared to 'If a Man Answers' or 'Come September', this is just silly nonsense. The director really tried to hard to get laughs and it didn't work. I love Sandra Dee and am sorry to say this is one of her only films I really hated. If you have never really seen many films with her than I would recommend the aforementioned two and a must see... 'A Summer Place'. I feel really terrible to leave this review, but this film is just not worthwhile.

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