Frank Sinatra plays a boring middle-aged family man and workaholic, who has forgotten how to be romantic with his wife of 19 years, played by striking redhead Deborah Kerr, who talks to her lawyer about the possibility of getting a divorce, on grounds of boredom. She claims that 95% of divorces happen due to boredom, whatever the official grounds may be. She also opinionates that marriage is a bad archaic institution that should be done away with, as promoting boredom. Frank tells swinging bachelor friend Dean Martin "I don't have to be romantic, I'm married", which backs up her thinking. Yet, near movie's end, she is shocked that her teen daughter, played by Nancy Sinatra, is planning on moving in with her boyfriend, exposing her basic conservative nature, and contradicting her former pronouncement.
Meanwhile, Frank's bachelor workmate and best friend, played by Dean, is enjoying playing the field in his plush bachelor's pad. This provides some relief during the middle of the film, when Frank and Deborah are having arguments, and Frank is being a couch potato bore, claiming he's too tired from work to do anything except watch TV and sleep. Also, we meet Jim, Nancy's boyfriend(Nancy was 25, playing a late teen). As a psychiatry student, he ventures some relevant psychological insights to the older generation.
It's only when Frank and Deborah are talked into taking a trip to Mexico to renew their wedding vows that the main comedy portion begins. Without going into details, things don't exactly go according to plans, partly because of the meddling of Cesar Romero's hyper character, who specializes in drawing up marriage certificates and divorce papers. And Dean supposedly ends up married to Deborah, in a farcical ceremony in Spanish they didn't realize was taking place until it was over! No ring and no kissing. Is Frank upset? No! He takes over Dean's bachelor pad and harem, while Dean tries to take his place as the head of his family, tending to take on Frank's undesirable traits, fighting with the kids. Deborah's Scottish mother, who plays the bagpipes when she feels like it, moves in with Frank. Of course, we 'know' that, before the film ends, things will get back to normal.
While Frank is enjoying being single, Nancy's 22yo blonde roommate meets Frank, and immediately likes him. Soon, she's talking marriage. Of course, 50yo Frank knows this is ridiculous, but plays along with it for a short while. NONETHELESS, only a year later, Frank married 21yo Mia Farrow - perhaps the dumbest thing he ever did!
Now, what about all those beautiful dames? Of course, Deborah wasn't bad looking, going with her aristocratic British bearing. Davey Davison, as Lisa, was a good looking blonde. We barely got a good look at Sigrid Valdis, but it was clear that she was a knockout blonde. But, the prize was 36yo blonde bombshell Joi Lansing, who was often compared with rather similar blondes Jane Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren, although she never achieved their level of fame. She was also a nightclub singer. Her sizable breasts were one of her notable assets, but eventually she developed cancer in one and it killed her at 43! She had 3 unsatisfactory marriages and numerous affairs, but in her last 4 years, she became a lesbian when she discovered 20yo actress Nancy Hunter, who wrote a book(available today) about their life together, called "Joi Lansing: a body to die for".
Incidentally, I calculated that 60% of the ratings by reviewers are below the median value of 6, which contrasts to only 38% of all raters. Thus, the reviews, as a whole, are skewed toward those who didn't like the film. For me, seeing Joi Lansing several times, sometimes in a bikini, was worth the price of admission!
Meanwhile, Frank's bachelor workmate and best friend, played by Dean, is enjoying playing the field in his plush bachelor's pad. This provides some relief during the middle of the film, when Frank and Deborah are having arguments, and Frank is being a couch potato bore, claiming he's too tired from work to do anything except watch TV and sleep. Also, we meet Jim, Nancy's boyfriend(Nancy was 25, playing a late teen). As a psychiatry student, he ventures some relevant psychological insights to the older generation.
It's only when Frank and Deborah are talked into taking a trip to Mexico to renew their wedding vows that the main comedy portion begins. Without going into details, things don't exactly go according to plans, partly because of the meddling of Cesar Romero's hyper character, who specializes in drawing up marriage certificates and divorce papers. And Dean supposedly ends up married to Deborah, in a farcical ceremony in Spanish they didn't realize was taking place until it was over! No ring and no kissing. Is Frank upset? No! He takes over Dean's bachelor pad and harem, while Dean tries to take his place as the head of his family, tending to take on Frank's undesirable traits, fighting with the kids. Deborah's Scottish mother, who plays the bagpipes when she feels like it, moves in with Frank. Of course, we 'know' that, before the film ends, things will get back to normal.
While Frank is enjoying being single, Nancy's 22yo blonde roommate meets Frank, and immediately likes him. Soon, she's talking marriage. Of course, 50yo Frank knows this is ridiculous, but plays along with it for a short while. NONETHELESS, only a year later, Frank married 21yo Mia Farrow - perhaps the dumbest thing he ever did!
Now, what about all those beautiful dames? Of course, Deborah wasn't bad looking, going with her aristocratic British bearing. Davey Davison, as Lisa, was a good looking blonde. We barely got a good look at Sigrid Valdis, but it was clear that she was a knockout blonde. But, the prize was 36yo blonde bombshell Joi Lansing, who was often compared with rather similar blondes Jane Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren, although she never achieved their level of fame. She was also a nightclub singer. Her sizable breasts were one of her notable assets, but eventually she developed cancer in one and it killed her at 43! She had 3 unsatisfactory marriages and numerous affairs, but in her last 4 years, she became a lesbian when she discovered 20yo actress Nancy Hunter, who wrote a book(available today) about their life together, called "Joi Lansing: a body to die for".
Incidentally, I calculated that 60% of the ratings by reviewers are below the median value of 6, which contrasts to only 38% of all raters. Thus, the reviews, as a whole, are skewed toward those who didn't like the film. For me, seeing Joi Lansing several times, sometimes in a bikini, was worth the price of admission!