Father Goose
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Movie Reviews of Father Goose
Movie Review: Grant is no quack actor! (recommended)
Summary: 5 Stars
For years, unappealing plot descriptions repelled me from FATHER GOOSE. No matter how you describe the combination of drunkenness, WWII Japanese invasions, and French school maidens, it doesn't sound interesting. The movie title seems only to add insult to injury. Nothing about it reads like a Cary Grant movie. Nevertheless, since each prior Grant movie purchase has been a good investment in long-lasting entertainment I parted with ten bucks and hit the jackpot. Despite the odd descriptions FATHER GOOSE is, believe it or not, a romantic comedy!
Shedding his usually debonair role, Cary Grant plays Walter Eckland, an embittered boat owner who abandoned his teaching career to live on the sea, drinking this life away. Through deceit and booze bribing he is enlisted into the service of U.S. armed forces to become a lookout for Japanese fighter planes on a deserted island. The movie grows into what becomes an appropriate title after he discovers French schoolmistress Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) seeking refuge for seven young girls. Picture all of them following Walter like baby geese. Self-interest eventually expands as he makes sacrifices for -- even risks his life to help others. The experience gives new meaning to the life previously abandoned to alcohol. Through it all, a mutual attraction develops between him and Catherine. Now, if they can just get off the island alive! Though peril is evident, the cast portrays it in a lighthearted manner with plenty of witty lines.
I am happy I finally "risked" purchase of this delightful Grant gem. Hopefully you will enjoy it too -- despite my addition to many existing "inadequate" plot descriptions.
Movie quote: "So far you've shared me out of my clothes, my food and my house. Now, how about sharing some of my things with me."
Movie Review: Goody 2 Shoes and the Filthy Beast~ CLASSIC MOVIE FUN~~
Summary: 5 Stars
PLOT: American Cary Grant is "black mailed" into help "spot" Japanese planes in World Word 2 Pacific~ suddenly his UNWELCOME GUEST a French School teacher and her 7 little girl PUPILS become stranded with him~ charming FUNNY~
Cary Grant needs more supplies including his favorite "supply" BOOZE the British decide to use Grant to help SPOT" Japanese planes...how do they get his cooperation? hide the booze and when he spots a plane tell him where a bottle is~ the grumpy Grant suddenly rescues a French Teacher Leslie Caron and her 7 little girl students~ the nicknames for Grant is THE FILTHY BEAST & Caron is dubbed GOODY 2 SHOES~ MOST FUNNY~ THE game begins when the girls take all his clothes and possessions to tide them over until the brits can get them off the island. Grant is beyond funny as the irritable bachelor who wants to drink alone on his island~ the little girls are quite charming and Caron is the pretty teacher who suddenly is dying from a snake bite~ so Grant decides she needs some "pain medicine" and the ONLY thing he has is BOOZE.... to make her "last " hours less painful what a great scene that is..and of Course being a Gentleman he will not "allow her to drink alone~ LOL~..Caron was NOT bit by a snake but the fun is watching her believe she was. While under the influence of the booze both Caron and Grant reveal some very "private" secrets which adds to the fun~ with the Japanese closing in on them Grant and Caron battle it out and find them selves falling in love~ Great classic comedy ....a family favorite~ I GIVE IT A SOLID 10 OUT OF 10 FOR CLASSIC FUN~ Cary Grants last picture~
Movie Review: Father Goose DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I was pleasently surprised at how sharp and clear the DVD transfer for Father Goose is.
While not one of Cary Grant's all-time best, he is thoroughly enjoyable acting with Leslie Caron and a group of young schoolgirls in this WWII comedy/adventure. This was one of Grant's last starring roles, and he plays against type as a somewhat grizzled loner who likes his alcohol a little too much. He plays an American thrust into becoming a civilian spotter (watching for aircraft and shipping movements) for the Australian military in a Japanese-occupied area of the south pacific by an officer friend in the Australian navy (Trevor Howard).
Grant's character is asked to transport another spotter from an island where the Japanese have gained a stronghold. This doesn't work out as planned, and there he runs into Caron and her schoolgirl charges who need to get off the island, as well. His only choice is to take them all back to his lookout hut on his own, safer, island, until they can all be rescued by the navy, but the rescue is delayed and Caron and the girls soon take over and turn his life upside-down.
The eventual rescue and ending to the story is satisfying and sweet, and there is nothing in this movie that parents need be concerned about their children seeing (or hearing), although there is a scene where Grant and the girls are fired upon by a Japanese plane, and another where Grant thinks Caron is in danger of dying from a snake bite, but no worries, this is a comedy, after all.
Movie Review: Grant at His Best
Summary: 5 Stars
No doubt about it, Grant was a master. In Father Goose he gets to play aging curmudgeon opposite Leslie Caron's delightfully uptight ingenue and both succeed on every level. The chemistry here is great and the movie never loses focus of its light romantic comedy tone. The dialog is impeccable, the performances sharp and the repartee utterly engaging. And this goes not only for Grant's relationship with Caron, but extends into the "over the microphone" relationship with Trevor Howard, wonderfully and dryly droll. Likewise, the kids are all spot on. They aren't there just for comic relief and unlike modern day comedies, they don't overwhelm the piece. Each was cast perfectly and they support the movie well.
I get the feeling that Harrison Ford was trying to do a remake (without really doing a remake) of this movie when he ended up doing "Six Days and Seven Nights," and that movie could be a lesson in how not to compete with a screen legend. Ford tries too hard in that film, something that only points out how masterful Grant was. Smooth as fine whiskey, Grant never pushed, never tried to hard. He just exists in the skin of the character and underplays it beautifully. And Caron -- who should have been a much bigger star than she became -- is exceptional as well.
Movie Review: Father Goose
Summary: 5 Stars
I got my dad to buy me this movie because I'd gotten all A's at school. Not long after I got the movie and watched it, my father asked me if I enjoyed the movie. I told him I did; I adored it. It's hysterical! Cary Grant did a beautiful job as the boozy, cursing, dirty lookout for the South Pacific isle; it shows that he could've done anything given half the chance. Leslie Caron was very funny as the French schoolmarm; she matched Cary every step of the way. And the girls, they too were quiet funny. And you could tell, later on through the movie (when they're helping him fix his boat) that Cary was good with kids. I thought the way he got the one little girl to speak was very sweet and funny.
It's in beautiful condition, not grainy at all. It's audio is in perfect condition. There's not really any special features. You can choose to go widscreen and look at cast and crew information and you have scene access; that's it.
If you buy this movie, you definitely will not be disappointed. It's well worth the money.