Review Father Goose (1964)
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Elliot Thomas
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In his penultimate film, Grant plays a tipsy, disagreeable beach bum who’s tricked by an old friend (Trevor Howard) into helping the Royal Navy (to monitor Japanese air activity) on a Pacific island during WW2. His life is then further disturbed by prudish teacher Leslie Caron and her group of female students (when they’re left stranded after a plane crash and end up spoiling his tranquillity).
Bright comedy with Grant in an atypical role, creating good chemistry with the always-waifish Caron. It veers toward over-sentimentality in the second half and the wartime backdrop is less than convincing, but as light diversions go, you won’t go far wrong
Bright comedy with Grant in an atypical role, creating good chemistry with the always-waifish Caron. It veers toward over-sentimentality in the second half and the wartime backdrop is less than convincing, but as light diversions go, you won’t go far wrong