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Summary: One of Lucy's Best!!
Review: This is one of my all time favorites. I watched this movie many times as a child and loved it. When I finally found it on VHS years ago I bought it immediatly. Now that DVD has become popular I knew I had to have this version as well. All of the scenes are hilarious, but everybody comments on the "Drunk" scene or the "floating eyelash" so I will comment one of my other favorites...the scene where Helen and Frank are strolling by the shops after their first (and supossedly last) date. He tells her he wants to buy her a momento to remember him by and she picks up the jade statue and they are told by the store owner that it is a "goddess of fertility". The look on both of their faces is priceless because it just points out their situation and the fact that neither needs help having children! The way that they eventually come together as one big family in the end is wonderful. Well worth watching.....and owning.
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Summary: A wonderful family comedy to enjoy watching!
Review: You can watch this film over & over and it's always funny! Despite being filmed in the 1960s the theme of single parents trying to raise their kids & the challenges they face is still a reality today. Actually with the high divorce rate in the US it's really a current theme. They show how lots of love & laughter can bring a family together. I love this film as much today as I did when I first saw it 20+ years ago! Keep this in your video collection and enjoy watching it with your family!
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Summary: Stretching Nature's Limits--Procreation Record Or Bust!
Review: When I was a kid growing up in 1960s/70s Germany, a family with 4 children was considered "asocial" or "trash". The characters so lovingly portrayed by Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda have 18 children between them. COME OOOOONNN! This isn't cute, it's SICK! Any woman who willingly gives birth 10 times should have been forced to become sterilized several "pops" ago. What kind of message is this kind of "comedy" sending to the next generation of parents? We're not living in the dark ages of pre-Victorian times. This is the real world, and it's been REAL for a while now. Let's keep focused and agree that HUMUNGOUS FAMILIES are nothing to find amusing, but real cause for worry! -- There are some good jokes here, but my laughter was always stifled by the thought of this kids-loving super-family. Don't let YOUR kids see this!
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Summary: LUCY'S BIGGEST HIT MOVIE
Review: THIS FLICK WAS LUCILLE BALL'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FILM. GROSSING $17 MILLION IN 1968 DOLLARS. AS A GHETTO CHILD IN S.E., WASH.,DC,I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE FREQUENT TV BROADCASTS OF THIS PRE-BRADY BUNCH FARCE. LUCY MANAGED TO MAKE THIS FLICK WITH HER PRODUCTION COMPANY AND TONS OF MAKE-UP. HER CHARACTER IS PREGNANT IN THE LAST SCENES OF THIS MOVIE. HENCE, LUCILLE BALL (GOD BLESS HER) WAS 57 YRS OLD WHEN SHE MADE THIS FILM. THE BEST MOMENT IS THIS SADLY DATED "FAMILY" FILM IS WHEN LUCY'S CHARACTER GETS DRUNK. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THE FUNNY DRUNK SCENE HOLDS UP. ALL DIE HARD LUCY FANS SHOULD GET THIS DVD.
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Summary: I had to make the video Ours
Review: We borrowed this tape from our local library and my five year old daughter couldn't get enough of it. After watching it about a dozen times, she asked if we could purchase a copy. I bought her a copy and she is still watching it over and over. This is a sweet, funny, well written family movie.
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Summary: Best Piece of Work Lucy Ever Did
Review: Anyhow, that's my opinion of "Yours, Mine, and Ours," wherein she and Henry Fonda take the plunge and blend their two broods together, for a grand total of 18 children. Now, I must confess that I am in that minority of people who are NOT into "I Love Lucy" at all--her character of Lucy Ricardo has never appealed to me, even as a child. The reason I like her in "YMO" is because she plays a mature woman without all that silly buffoonery in the TV show. Lucy is a very attractive woman here, and it's easy to see why naval officer Fonda would be drawn to her, even when a younger gal casts a glance or two at him during the courtship part. The one part I don't like is when Fonda's vindictive sons spike Lucy's drink when she comes over for dinner to meet the family. This results in the usual crying jag Lucy which turns me off. However, that's the only scene in that vein--although to judge from what other reviewers wrote, that was their favorite scene! Go figure. At that rate, it should be obvious that "YMO" can appeal to just about anyone.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Adore this movie! I have always loved the "idea" of a large family. I LOVE Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. I'm also a Navy brat, so the whole "Navy" atmosphere has brought back some nice memories to me! Love having this movie on DVD!!
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Summary: Very Funny Family Comedy
Review: I saw this film when it first appeared in theatres back in 1968, and viewed it again recently, I found it has held up quite well. The story concerns two large families coming together to make one enormous, disfuntional family (18 in all.) Henry Fonda is perfect as the Naval officer/father of 10, and shows quite a flare for comedy here, while trying to balance his military career and his new marrige. Lucy in one of her best film appearances, is hilarious as the zany Mother of 8. And as Fonda's new wife, she shows us her tender side, as she lovingly trys to bring the two families together. There are some really funny scenes here like the 60's swinger bar scene, (That roving eye lash is a laugh riot,) and a drunken Lucy at the dinner table is a classic! This is a great movie for the whole family, the writing is sophisticated and light sexual overtones are handled in a very discrete way. I hardily recommend this movie.
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Summary: Belly Laughing Riot!
Review: I rate this a 4 star movie because the first half of the movie is one continuous laugh after another, up to Lucy's classic drunk scene (reminicent of "Vitameatavegimin"). After that it takes a turn toward a more "serious" comedy. The dialogue and physical comedy give way to the eight-is-enough situational comedy/drama. Overall, the first half is so funny that you won't mind the directional change. The price is a fair trade off for the draw back of a full frame picture. Always a loss when the maker's choose against the always preferred letterboxed edition. Still, DVD is better than video, and this movie is better than most comedies made now-a-days! Enjoy!!
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Summary: Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball are a Delight!
Review: Lucy and Henry Fonda are wonderful together in this hysterically funny, yet highly down-to-earth true story. She has 8 kids and he has 10, yet they fall in love, and are determined to combine their families. It is interesting to note that Ball was in her late fifties at the time, yet very convincingly portrays an expectant mother (not to give away the ending), reminiscent of the old I Love Lucy days. A wonderful, intelligent film, higly reccommended!!
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