Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good
Review: I liked it the first time, but I've seen it twice since then, and it's definately best the first time. If it were rated, it would be PG, I don't know about the rest of you, but I know that the innapropriate parts went right over my 5 year old sister's head, so I don't really mind that she saw it.
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Summary: A merged family learning to accept one another.
Review: A great movie! Hilarious, touching, sometimes even sad. Yes, this movie has it all and even more with some great actors-Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. Ball is hilarious but no too goofy especially with Fonda nicely balancing her out. It is a winner! Recommended esp. for kids of any age from 1-13. Great for a big group of kids too! This movie definetely earns *****
Rating:
Summary: Wonderful, Warm and Funny
Review: This film is one of my very favorites of all time. It has been since I was ten. If you ever wanted to be a part of a big family, you have to see this movie. Lucille Ball is wonderful (understated, not a slapstick) and the children are average kids, not the stereotypes so commonly used. The descriptions fail to mention that Tim Matthison and Tom Bosely also appear. It is appropriate and entertaining for all ages. Enjoy!
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Summary: A Hilarious Family Film!!!!!!
Review: This is a funny, warm, and family-togetherness movie! If you're a fan of the Brady Bunch, you have to see this. Original and a great film!!!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Very Funny Family Comedy
Review: I saw this film when it first appeared in theatres in 1968, and upon watching it again recently, I find 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 is hilarious as the zany Mother of 8, and as Fonda's new wife she shows us a touch of her tender side as she lovingly trys to bring these 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, no cussing, the writing is sophisticated and light sexual overtones are handled in a very discrete way. I hardily recommend this movie.
Rating: 
Summary: A Wonderful Movie That Deserves a Better DVD!
Review: I agree. I love this movie too but I will not buy an edited pan and scan DVD and that is why I opted instead to pop a video into my VCR and tape this movie when TCM was showing it in widescreen and wait and hope that MGM/UA will release a widescreen DVD because when it comes down to it I would much rather have this wonderful movie on a DVD then video but that will only happen if it's widescreen!
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Summary: Just When You Think You've Got a Large Family...
Review: This fantastic film is a nice reality check for the "large" modern family. If you've got more than the socially approved one boy, one girl family, you'll love this flick. What makes the movie great rather than good is its grasp on reality; it does not gloss over problems, idealize one age/phase over another, or shy away from showing the challenges of laundry, cooking, etc.
If for no other reason, the film is well worth watching for Fonda's soliloquy on love when questioned by his teenage daughter: 'loving a man isn't going to bed with him, but waking up with him in the morning to face this miserable, wonderful world...'
After finding the original Cheaper By the Dozen dated & patriarchal and the remake just ridiculous, I am THRILLED to have come across Yours, Mine and Ours.
Rating:
Summary: Great Family Fun
Review: This has got to be the greatest family movie of all time. It is wonderful. Lucille Ball is hilarious, and Henry Fonda gives one of his best performances. The fact that this is based on a real family makes it even more special to watch. My kids love it. We watch this movie every year on Christmas Eve when we are decorating our Christmas tree, following a tradition my own mother started. (She and my father saw this movie on their first date.) I don't believe this story will ever become dated; my own kids will probably watch it with their children. It is timeless and classic.
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Summary: Charming 60s comedy
Review: Man, there are some really WEIRD reviews here for this one. I think we should chip in and send those folks a dvd copy of "Saved!" Anyhow - Ball and Fonda make a good team here. It is a sweet film, often funny, sometimes sentimental, and always enjoyable. A good film for a rainy nostalgic mood kind of day.
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Summary: How would you all like your eggs?
Review:
Director: Melville Shavelson
Format: Color
Studio: Mgm/Ua Studios
Video Release Date: January 23, 1996
Cast:
Lucille Ball ... Helen North Beardsley
Henry Fonda ... Frank Beardsley
Van Johnson ... Warrant Officer Darrel Harrison
Louise Troy ... Madeleine Love
Sidney Miller ... Dr. Ashford
Tom Bosley ... Family Doctor
Nancy Howard ... Nancy Beardsley
Walter Brooke ... Howard Beardsley
Tim Matheson ... Mike Beardsley
Gil Rogers ... Rusty Beardsley
Nancy Roth ... Rosemary Beardsley
Gary Goetzman ... Greg Beardsley
Morgan Brittany ... Louise Beardsley
Holly O'Brien ... Susan Beardsley
Michele Tobin ... Veronica Beardsley
Maralee Foster ... Mary Beardsley
Tracy Nelson ... Germaine Beardsley
Stephanie Oliver ... Joan Beardsley
Jennifer Leak ... Colleen North
Kevin Burchett ... Nicky North
Kimberly Beck ... Janette North
Mitch Vogel ... Tommy North
Margot Jane ... Jean North
Eric Shea ... Phillip North
Greg Atkins ... Gerald North
Lynnell Atkins ... Teresa North
Ben Murphy ... Larry
Ysabel MacCloskey ... Housekeeper #1
Pauline Hague ... Housekeeper #2
Marjorie Eaton ... Housekeeper #3
Richard Angarola ... French Actor on TV Screen
Lilyan Chauvin ... French Actress on TV Screen
Robert P. Lieb ... Happy San Franciscan
Ginny Gan ... 1st Young Lady
Eve Bruce ... 2nd Young Lady
Susan Carr ... 3rd Young Lady
Paul Potash ... Hippie
Stuart Nisbet ... Man of the Cloth
Patty Elder ... Waitress
George Jue ... Chinese Store Proprietor
Arthur Peterson ... Priest
Mary Gregory ... Sister Mary Alice
Larry Hankin ... Supermarket Clerk/Harry
Lawrence Heller ... Medical Assistant
Marti Litis ... Hospital Nurse
Harry Holcombe ... Judge
This is a funny movie. Helen North Lucille Ball) marries Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), a Chief Warrant Officer in the Navy. He has ten children, and she has eight. Then, she gives birth to another.
Beardsley tries to organize the 20 people in the family for the four bathrooms in the house, and the bedrooms. The amount of groceries is astonishing, and the surnames of the children presents a problem in school, and an emotional issue with the children.
A warrant officer in the Navy does not make much money, and speculating on that problem is interesting. Although Fonda is shown with a commissioned officer's cap device, as is Van Johnson, unless the Navy has changed since I retired, they would be out of uniform. They are not supposed to be commissioned officers. However, the movie has many funny moments, and was fun to watch. But, they are actors, not Navy people, and cannot be expected to know the difference, although some one should have. Not a great movie, perhaps, but a very good one, thanks mainly to the great acting.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre, USN (Ret)
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
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