Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Absentminded Professor (1961)

Why its here:
For some simple light-hearted fun.

Specs:
1 1/2 hours, black and white

Our family's rating on a scale of 1-10:
7.25

More about the film and our reaction to it:
This may not be a major moment in cinematic history, but its good. Really enjoyable and simple fun. We'd definitely recommend for family viewing.

This is the story of flubber. And some bad guys. And a good (absentminded) guy who is also a scientist, and of course his shaggy dog... whoops, that's a different movie. Only there is a dog here too. And he is in fact shaggy. But most of all, it's the story of a flying Model-T Ford and really, that's enough.  Don't expect anything more. ... And set your high modern production standards down at the door as you pick up your suspension of disbelief and just sit back and enjoy this fun movie.

As a side note, it was great to see Nancy Olson again, who we'd enjoyed so much in Sunset Blvd., in a very different kind of film.

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