Product: Houseboat [VHS] (1958)
Rating: 3.0
not the best for either of them
I love Cary Grant films and who wouldn't love Sophia Loren? So I bought this film sight unseen and was I disappointed.The problem is, the film is trying too hard to be "relevant" (or whatever the term was at the time). The writers are making a point (Father Doesn't Always Know Best), but they go so far overboard, turning Grant's children into spoiled brats who treat their father with disrespect he doesn't deserve. You wonder why Grant doesn't just leave them with the sister-in-law who wants to raise them.I'm sure Grant and Loren did the best they could with the material, but unfortunately this was another case of Message Overpowering Movie.