This is a very silly film with a very silly plot and some very silly and impossible to believe characters. Yet, despite all this, if you can suspend judgment, there is still a decent film there to enjoy--making this a bit of a guilty pleasure.
Rosalind Russell and Paul Douglas just divorced and Roz is planning on getting remarried to a stuffy colonel. However, Paul wants her back and with Roz's father's conniving, a plan is hatched. Dad convinces Roz that it would be "fun" for her to join the WACs and that with all their political connections (after all, he is a senator and she knows EVERYBODY in Washington who is somebody), she'll be commissioned a colonel herself. Well, based on this pep talk, she rushes to the recruiting office (despite being 45 and WAAY too old to join). However, he tricked her as she does NOT get a commission and is a lowly recruit.
The problem is not just how contrived all this is as well as Roz's age but how they wrote her character. She walks around the base and acts like it's the Hilton Hotel. While having her play a spoiled rich brat was cool, no one is THAT obnoxious and stupid to think that they'd get the army to cater to their every whim! This could have sunk the film had it not been for the fact that they played it all for comedy--never taking itself too seriously.
Cute writing and dialog managed to make this film harmless fun and a very good time-passer. Sophisticated entertainment? No way--but still cute and enjoyable.
Rosalind Russell and Paul Douglas just divorced and Roz is planning on getting remarried to a stuffy colonel. However, Paul wants her back and with Roz's father's conniving, a plan is hatched. Dad convinces Roz that it would be "fun" for her to join the WACs and that with all their political connections (after all, he is a senator and she knows EVERYBODY in Washington who is somebody), she'll be commissioned a colonel herself. Well, based on this pep talk, she rushes to the recruiting office (despite being 45 and WAAY too old to join). However, he tricked her as she does NOT get a commission and is a lowly recruit.
The problem is not just how contrived all this is as well as Roz's age but how they wrote her character. She walks around the base and acts like it's the Hilton Hotel. While having her play a spoiled rich brat was cool, no one is THAT obnoxious and stupid to think that they'd get the army to cater to their every whim! This could have sunk the film had it not been for the fact that they played it all for comedy--never taking itself too seriously.
Cute writing and dialog managed to make this film harmless fun and a very good time-passer. Sophisticated entertainment? No way--but still cute and enjoyable.