This movie is like watching a two hour trainwreck. A poorly disguised Rock Hudson / Doris Day " romp? " that there is no chemistry, comedy or even the slightest of far fetched believability. Besides the lousy script, equally lousy direction and sheer silliness, this movie is so miscast that one wonders how it got the backing to be made.
Here are a few casting changes that might have helped ( at least me ).
Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood replaced by Rock Hudson and Suzanne Pleshette. Sorry Doris, you're a bit to old to play a 23 year old virgin or even be in the ballpark.
Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall replaced by Milton Berle and Ethel Merman. At least Ethel could have gone around beating the hell out of all the men with her purse or anything else she could grab hold of. ( If Ernest Borgnine had played her husband she wouldn't have had to act or look for her motivation ).
The rest of the cast was just filler and made no difference.
I can say something nice about the movie. Natalie Wood is as always beautiful.
Here are a few casting changes that might have helped ( at least me ).
Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood replaced by Rock Hudson and Suzanne Pleshette. Sorry Doris, you're a bit to old to play a 23 year old virgin or even be in the ballpark.
Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall replaced by Milton Berle and Ethel Merman. At least Ethel could have gone around beating the hell out of all the men with her purse or anything else she could grab hold of. ( If Ernest Borgnine had played her husband she wouldn't have had to act or look for her motivation ).
The rest of the cast was just filler and made no difference.
I can say something nice about the movie. Natalie Wood is as always beautiful.