No goose eggs here

It's never a sure thing that old films will age well. If they reflect their era's obsolete mores too well, they will miss the eternal themes that make movies watchable forever. "Father Goose," the 1964 collaboration of Cary Grant and Leslie Caron, is one film that ages well, if not absolutely perfectly.

The film is set in the South Pacific during World War II. Grant plays Walter Eckland, a harmless misanthrope who is doing his best to stay out of the war. He is happy to tool around in his boat and drink whiskey all day. But the world starts to crowd in on him, first in the person of Commander Frank Houghton, the bemused and bandy-legged commodore of a British destroyer intent on getting Eckland involved in the fight against the Japanese. Then there is Caron and her charge of young girls, the daughters of diplomats assigned to the South Pacific. The cast is superb and the humor still fresh. There's just enough of an element of danger (from a Japanese patrol boat and planes) to keep everyone on their toes. There's plenty of good-natured grumpiness and sparks between Grant and Caron to make their relationship interesting. Even the controversy about Grant's sexual orientation do not take away from the masculine attractiveness that was his stock-in-trade. The only plot device that hasn't survived is Eckland's overreliance (and how!) on whiskey. Oh, and a few face slaps that he and Caron administer to each other. Alcoholism and domestic abuse have (mostly) lost their use as a comic devices in the last 40-odd years.

Still, "Father Goose" is decent, humorous and generally harmless. Very enjoyable on its own merits and to watch Grant in a classic role

Father Goose: The Filthy Beast ! !

I recently watched this wonderfully funny movie "Father Goose". Aside from the fact that I love Carey Grant, this movie is a comedic classic.Anyone who wants to sit down with the family and really enjoy a home-night-at-the-movies, should get this movie. To say I loved it, is an understatement. Buy it, rent it, but see it soon.

An all time favoite!

This is one of my favoriate movies! I have watched this movie so many times that I tell you what the next line will be. If I had to choose only one movie from many, Father Goose would be my choice.