The Thrill of It All (NR)
Thrilling comedy will engage older tweens and up.
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- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Directed By: Norman Jewison
- Cast: James Garner, Doris Day, Arlene Francis
- Running Time: 108 minutes
- Release Date: 07/17/1963
- Video/DVD Release Date: 02/04/2003
- Genre: Classic
- MPAA Rating: NR
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the expectations each gender has for the other one. Is there anything you've done just because you wanted to seem more feminine? To seem more like a man? Does being male mean you alone should support your family? What's satirized in the fake television show that plays the Happy Soap commercials? Do you think television today can be the same way?
Message
Social Behavior:
Teaches that women should stay home, men have the right to a housewife.
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Violence
Sex
Parents discuss having kids, some kissing between married people, and some innuendo. In one scene, a woman gives birth in a car, but there's nothing graphic or potentially disturbing to kids.
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Kathryn McGarr
Is it any good?
Physical comedy -- like when Beverly falls bottom-first into a vat of tomatoes -- should keep the kids' attention even if the plot is a bit sophisticated. There's one memorable gag after another. Tweens and older will also appreciate the clever dialogue. It should be no shock that The Thrill of It All is hilarious. Carl Reiner wrote the screenplay and appears in a cameo role.
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