The Glass Bottom Boat

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The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

1h 50m

Comedy

Drama

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Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day) works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her father's glass-bottom boat company. When her coworker, Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor), accidentally hooks her costume while fishing, he is smitten. Back at work, Bruce brings her in as his biographer -- a pretense for wooing her. Meanwhile, inept security agents Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise) and Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde) wrongfully peg Jennifer as a Soviet spy, causing all sorts of problems.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

Apr 26, 2005

3/4

The film flails airlessly, not unlike Day herself when she's mistakenly locked inside Taylor's anti-gravity prototype.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Apr 16, 2019

2.5/4

This takes an awfully long time to hit its comic stride, although the film finally delivers the goods during the second half.

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Mar 16, 2007

3/5

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 12, 2006

A-

It's just a wonderfully stupid comedy.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 28, 2005

C

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

May 8, 2005

2.5/5

pretty thin

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David D

@DoubleD2 May 16, 2026

Doris Day in her mid-forties struggles to maintain the perfect light hearted 1966 Hollywood balance of innocence and cleavage while the Vietnam War gains traction toward the My Lia massacre.

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alan g

@agenser Sep 21, 2025

Lifted directly from the original Casino Royale. Horrible unfunny.

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Nizar N

@RT00283363 Apr 24, 2023

Just what you'd expect from a comedy with Doris Day in it. The first half may be a bit slow, but it leads to a funny turn of events and comedic situations. The ending was a bit rushed, but that doesn't take away from the splendor of The Glass Bottom Boat.

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Jun 30, 2021

Cornball to the max.

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Feb 8, 2021

Silly but lovely romantic comedy. A lot of nostalgia value of a much simpler time when men were men and women loved it. It could not be made today due to sexual harassment sensitivities. Catalina shines in this sweet comedy and the cast appear to have a blast Making it!

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steve d

@RT35616104 Jul 18, 2020

The story is way too thin to care about it.

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Synopsis

Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day) works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her father's glass-bottom boat company. When her coworker, Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor), accidentally hooks her costume while fishing, he is smitten. Back at work, Bruce brings her in as his biographer -- a pretense for wooing her. Meanwhile, inept security agents Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise) and Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde) wrongfully peg Jennifer as a Soviet spy, causing all sorts of problems.

Director: Frank Tashlin
Producer: Martin Melcher, Everett Freeman
Screenwriter: Everett Freeman
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2010
Runtime: 1h 50m

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