In San Francisco, Jessica Poole (Debbie Reynolds) and Roger Henderson (Tab Hunter) are getting married. Her mother Katharine Dougherty (Lilli Palmer) and her stepfather James Dougherty are busy organizing the wedding. Her absent father Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole (Fred Astaire) is nowhere to be found despite all the cables being sent around the world. He surprises everybody by suddenly showing up.
I want to like Pogo a lot more, but he comes off rather arrogant initially. His introduction with Toy is supposed to be funny. He walks around like he owns the place. I don't hate the guy. The movie just wants me to like him a lot more than I actually do. As for him and Kate, they have some good combative energy. It takes a while before I find the nugget of love for the coupling. It has to center around their relationship with Jessica. As for Jessica, I want her to be less hormonal. I'm not a big fan of Roger, but I don't want Pogo to bully him either. They get into quite a fight with some big issues being thrown around. For the ending, I don't like the cigarette fight but I do like Toy. In the end, I like Pogo enough to accept this movie as is.
I want to like Pogo a lot more, but he comes off rather arrogant initially. His introduction with Toy is supposed to be funny. He walks around like he owns the place. I don't hate the guy. The movie just wants me to like him a lot more than I actually do. As for him and Kate, they have some good combative energy. It takes a while before I find the nugget of love for the coupling. It has to center around their relationship with Jessica. As for Jessica, I want her to be less hormonal. I'm not a big fan of Roger, but I don't want Pogo to bully him either. They get into quite a fight with some big issues being thrown around. For the ending, I don't like the cigarette fight but I do like Toy. In the end, I like Pogo enough to accept this movie as is.