British tar Ronald Lewis is to marry Shirley Eaton. Only one thing is standing in their way: her overbearing mother, Peggy Mount.
Miss Mount is the engine, the flywheel, the basis of this comedy. She is also, alas, the thing that kills it dead. With her overbearing, obnoxious, overly loud performance, she makes everyone in movie, and me in the audience, thoroughly miserable. Even as she was making this movie, she was appearing in it on stage, and I can easily imagine it's the same performance, guaranteed to reach the back seats.
There are some fine performers in this movie; an uncredited Michael Caine makes his first movie appearance, and I think I recognize his voice. Other well remembered actors include Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird, George Rose and Alfie Bass. You won't notice any of them, alas, since Miss Mount thoroughly maintains her death grip on the production.
Miss Mount is the engine, the flywheel, the basis of this comedy. She is also, alas, the thing that kills it dead. With her overbearing, obnoxious, overly loud performance, she makes everyone in movie, and me in the audience, thoroughly miserable. Even as she was making this movie, she was appearing in it on stage, and I can easily imagine it's the same performance, guaranteed to reach the back seats.
There are some fine performers in this movie; an uncredited Michael Caine makes his first movie appearance, and I think I recognize his voice. Other well remembered actors include Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird, George Rose and Alfie Bass. You won't notice any of them, alas, since Miss Mount thoroughly maintains her death grip on the production.