An OOOOLLLDDD favorite!
This is probably my favorite Disney live-action comedy. It was done during a period when Disney used Fred Mac Murray for just about every adult male lead role they could find, and here, he was used beautifully! The writing, early sixties special effects, B&W cinematography and casting was absolutely perfect for this family confection. First of all, there's Mac Murray himself....that goofy speech pattern of his that says perpetually befuddled, but the basic cleverness that gets him out of his inevitable fixes...the affability that only he could muster, made him the perfect Ned Brainard. The smarmy, effete-looking Eliot Reid made a PERFECT romantic rival...the kind of guy the audience LOVED to hate! The not-too-severe looking Nancy Olsen as the object of Ned's affections, the woman he's jilted THREE TIMES at the altar...!? Perfect! Then there's that flying Model T!!
But the highlight of this film, beside the scenes of Ned flying his flubber-driven-flivver, is the basketball...
Son of Flubber needs a little stretching!
It's nice to see a fair priced 2-disc set of these Disney favorites. However, they still didn't get Son Of Flubber right! It should be widescreen, not full screen. Is anybody at Disney listening?
Absent Minded indeed
One criticism which you may think I am crazy for, I liked the movie better in re-colorized. But the first movie was decent. I would give it 3 and 1/2 stars. The second movie, the plot is so bizarre I don't really get it. So I give it 2 stars, it's a poor quality movie. They blew the story so far out there that the plot was confusing. I held out to get both movies in one, had I known Son Of Flubber not so good, I would have paid a little less for just the first movie.
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