How Sweet It Is! (1968)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jerry Paris

Writers:

Muriel Resnik (novel)
Garry Marshall (writer) ...

Release Date:

25 September 1968 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The motion picture that shows how far some people will go to discover...

Plot:

Photographer Grif Henderson is assigned a photo shoot in Paris. He decides to take his wife, Jenny, and his hippie son...

Plot Keywords:

Hippie | Summer | Europe | Family Relationships | Teenager

Cast

James Garner	...	Grif Henderson
Debbie Reynolds	...	Jenny Henderson
Maurice Ronet	...	Phillipe
Terry-Thomas	...	Gilbert Tilly
Paul Lynde	...	The Purser
Marcel Dalio	...	Louis
Gino Conforti	...	Agatzi
Donald Losby	...	Davey
Hilary Thompson	...	Bootsie (as Hilarie Thompson)
Alexandra Hay	...	Gloria
Mary Michael	...	Nancy Leigh
Walter Brooke	...	Haskell Wax
Elena Verdugo	...	Vera Wax
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Bibi (as Ann M. Guilbert)
Patty Regan	...	Midge

Also Known As:

Der türkisfarbene Bikini (West Germany) [de]
Matrimonio 69 (Spain) [es]
Poio einai pio glyko? (Greece) [el]
Tyttö sinisissä bikineissä (Finland) [fi]
Uffa papà quanto rompi (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Cherokee Productions

Soundtrack:

How Sweet It Is

I ask you sir: Is THIS the body of a teenager's mother?

From a time in which movies were much more innocent, 'How Sweet It Is' is one of many comedies from the sixties that had to rely on script, timing, and facial expression instead of today's toilet humor to make audiences laugh. Not the funniest of the lot, but far from the worst.

James Garner and Debbie Reynolds are a married couple accompanying their teenage son as chaperones on a trip to Europe. Aboard the ocean liner, they are constantly trying to rekindle their romance by interludes in various cubbyholes of the ship. It's worth watching just to see the look of disgust on Paul Lynde's face and hear him sneer "Animals!" when he discovers them hiding in a lifeboat. Misunderstandings, jealousy, a rogue Frenchman, and a close encounter with divorce are in store before their European trip is over.

James Garner displays a knack for comedy, which he will later refine in his "Support Your Local Sheriff/Gunfighter" movies.

Good, clean fun if anyone is interested in that sort of thing nowadays. Kind of like a Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie. (Those were great, too!)