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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fun film, with great chemistry between Hudson and Prentiss,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mans Favorite Sport? (DVD)
My wife loves this film and is a great fan of Rock Hudson. I have long admired Paula Prentiss, so I bought the film on VHS video for my wife three years ago. After watching it twice with my wife since, now that it is available on DVD, I soon plan to add it to our DVD library, as well. It is always great, fluffy and lightweight fun. It seems to improve with each and every viewing and just grows on you. The chemistry between Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss is perfect and she is certainly very easy on the eyes. The supporting cast is also excellent. I can heartily recommend it to anyone looking for a pleasant and entertaining film.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Rock Hudson vehicle, except for....,
By Ghenghis (Monvolia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mans Favorite Sport? (DVD)
the annoying, irritating, fingernails on a blackboard Paula Prentiss. She's too gangly, too goofy, and too OBNOXIOUS to make this flick work. I can think of about 20 other contemporaries that would have been a better match for Rock Hudson and Paula doesnt provide any spark or chemistry whatsoever. Ironically, she's a walking trainwreck and if you've seen the film you know what I mean.However, in spite of this loudmouth dingbat's presence, the story is very good, full of humor, and great character actors that almost compensate for yet another disastrous Howard Hawks casting call. I guess the thing that struck me most about this movie, aside from Hudson's natural comedic talent, was the excessive drinking that went on throughout the movie. And this hits close to home cause I am drinking excessively as I write this but everybody in this flick always had a drink in their hand....and I mean doubles and triples during lunch and dinner and on until the wee hours! haw haw haw 3 Bass
4.0 out of 5 stars
A TALL FISH TALE,
By Crabby Apple Mick Lee (INDIANAPOLIS, IN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mans Favorite Sport? (DVD)
A sort of throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930's. It reminds one of the pairings of Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn such as Bringing Up Baby or The Philadelphia Story. By that as it may, I have watched this film several times over the years and I am repeatedly impressed with the level of comic intensity throughout the narrative. The plot line is simple enough: a fairly solid looking man has great success built on a secret. Rock Hudson has written a well-regarded book on fishing. The secret is Hudson has never been fishing in his life. Along comes Paula Prentiss who corners Hudson into participating in a fishing tournament at her outdoors resort. Of course, in the end Hudson wins the tournament and is exposed for the fraud he is. In spite of being proved to be a fake, Hudson comes out on top and falls for Prentiss as well.As a story none of this is believable but that is never the point. What we have is a story in which silliness is the point. How we get from beginning to end is where the art is. There is no serious message here which is why this film is as light and appealing now as it was forty years ago. It is also startlingly clean as sex comedies go. There is no foul language and the most "flesh" one sees is a smidgen of panty from an unzipped dress. We tend to think ourselves as a bit superior about these old movies in that we know Hudson was gay in real life. "Ha Ha Ha. People back then really believed that Hudson would have fallen for Prentiss. .Ha Ha Ha" Well stuff it. Hudson was an actor who wanted to make us laugh. It would be a real tragedy if all we do is laugh at him.
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