I tuned into this about halfway through, and judging from the other reviews, that was probably a good thing.
What I saw was so pieced together -- and SO drawn out -- that it's clear the script was lousy (as Doris admitted later) and the direction even worse.
Take for example the scene near the end when Doris shows up at a hotel wearing a long white coat. The director spends at least 15 minutes -- FIFTEEN -- setting up the "joke" where she must shake her hips like mad in order to get an olive that's tickling her back to fall out of the dress. The joke wasn't that funny, and certainly not worth the time.
Then Taylor shows up, they make up, and one would think the movie's over. But no. For some inexplicable reason, they split up again, then end up in separate hotel rooms, where Day mistakenly hops in bed with the creepy Russian guy from Hogan's Heroes. He chases her, she runs, and all this gets the attention of Taylor and others in the hotel-- for another five minutes of UNNECESSARY and UNMOTIVATED nonsense. And not in a funny way.
How anyone rate this over 4 or 5 stars is beyond comprehension. And that's coming from a huge fan of Doris day.
What I saw was so pieced together -- and SO drawn out -- that it's clear the script was lousy (as Doris admitted later) and the direction even worse.
Take for example the scene near the end when Doris shows up at a hotel wearing a long white coat. The director spends at least 15 minutes -- FIFTEEN -- setting up the "joke" where she must shake her hips like mad in order to get an olive that's tickling her back to fall out of the dress. The joke wasn't that funny, and certainly not worth the time.
Then Taylor shows up, they make up, and one would think the movie's over. But no. For some inexplicable reason, they split up again, then end up in separate hotel rooms, where Day mistakenly hops in bed with the creepy Russian guy from Hogan's Heroes. He chases her, she runs, and all this gets the attention of Taylor and others in the hotel-- for another five minutes of UNNECESSARY and UNMOTIVATED nonsense. And not in a funny way.
How anyone rate this over 4 or 5 stars is beyond comprehension. And that's coming from a huge fan of Doris day.