Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Houseboat (1958)

Synopsis: A man whose three estranged kids are suddenly left motherless decides to live with them. He hires a beautiful Italian woman to look after them.

Appraisal: Moderately fun for most of its duration, though it has some screenplay problems, of which the biggest one is possibly the fact that, by making Cinzia a rich woman, it renders all the "class discrimination" angle really stupid. Plus, the final section where the kids are suddenly against her is totally contrived and therefore annoying.

Rating: 46

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