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Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:11
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: It all begins when a darling smart New York City couple, played winningly by Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, decide it's time pack up their two girls and leave their jaded tiny Manhattan dwelling to... It all begins when a darling smart New York City couple, played winningly by Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, decide it's time pack up their two girls and leave their jaded tiny Manhattan dwelling to build a dreamy get away in rural Connecticut. This bright comedy, directed by H.C. Potter and produced by RKO, goes on to explore in detail the harsh realities of keeping their dream alive. Not only are the Blandings besieged with local tradesman who keep upping their rates, but Cary Grant's character, Jim, is under a deadline to come up for a slogan to sell ham for his add agency, and could potentially lose his job. Under stress, he begins to suspect his wife is secretly in love with their friend and lawyer, Bill Cole. Eventually the decision to build a home outlives all logic and ends happily. The script, which is based on a novel by Eric Hodgins, is sly and confident and the performances are fast and light, making this middle-class adventure intrinsically American. [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny
Starring: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Connie Marshall, Louise Beavers, Harry Shannon, Ian Wolfe
Director: H.C. Potter
Director: H.C. Potter
Screenwriter: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Producer: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Composer: Leigh Harline
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Reviews for Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House
Those in the middle-aged demographic might find this middlebrow comedy more pleasing than others.
best appreciated as a sort of adult version of teenage hygiene films from the '40s and '50s
The incredibly handsome, photogenic, movie-star image seems to disappear as Grant becomes simply the harassed Everyman.
Much of the Blandings’ dissatisfaction is of their own making, as they discover that realtors can be shrewd, mortgages can be complicated, and everything costs twice as much as you initially expect it to.
[Grant] has perfect comic timing and an amazing ability to contort his body in hilarious bits of physical comedy.
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