Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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Movie Info
Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson adapted the novel by author Edward Streeter, whose work was also the basis of Father of the Bride (1950), into this domestic comedy. James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara star as Roger and Peggy Hobbs, a St. Louis couple with a large brood who desire a seaside vacation. Renting a cottage by the ocean is just the first step in a summer fraught with disasters, including a couch potato son, a shy daughter with newly installed braces, a pair of grown daughters who have
Jun 15, 1962 Wide
Sep 6, 2005
20th Century Fox
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Cast
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James Stewart
Roger Hobbs -
Maureen O'Hara
Peggy Hobbs -
Fabian
Joe -
John Saxon
Byron -
Reginald Gardiner
Reggie McHugh -
Marie Wilson
Emily Turner -
Lauri Peters
Katey -
Valerie Varda
Marika -
Lili Gentle
Janie -
John McGiver
Martin Turner -
Natalie Trundy
Susan Carver -
Josh Peine
Stan Carver -
Minerva Urecal
Brenda -
Michael Burns
Danny Hobbs -
Richard Collier
Mr. Saltonstall -
Peter Oliphant
Peter Carver -
Tom Lowell
Freddie -
Stephen Mines
Carl -
Dennis Whitcomb
Dick -
Michael Sean
Phil -
Sherry Alberoni
Girl in Dormitory -
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Doris Packer
Hostess -
Maida Severn
Secretary -
Daryl Duke
Boy -
Barbara Mansell
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Since there are no recognizable humans in it, Mr. Hobbs is really strictly for the bird watchers.
Top CriticThis is a fun picture, although it misfires, chiefly in the situation development department.
A wholesome family comedy with Stewart and O'Hara as a couple whose quiet vacation becomes a noisy free-for-all for the kids.
Some of the incidents are funny, some are so-so, some are flat. And, of course, in the end, it is concluded that for all this, the family is still strong.
Maybe this isn't 60s family entertainment at its absolute worst, but it's still pretty awful.
Whirlwind direction, witty quips from screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, and the seasoned Stewart's likability ensure that the laughs keep coming in this fun film.
Moderately enjoyable.
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Foreign Titles
- Mr. Hobbs macht Ferien (DE)
