Rating:
8 out of 10, another of my Christmas presents and one that I really
enjoyed. Day was near the end of her
ability to play the young ingénue but she and Taylor had real easy chemistry
which was in clear evidence here. Day
plays a widower who meets multi-millionaire inventor Taylor when he hooks her
bathing suit bottom. The rest of the
movie is a romp with a bunch of very funny actors. Day is accused of being a Soviet spy amidst
a real Soviet spy plot. It is a really amusing
glance back at cold war paranoia and there’s even a spot cameo by Napoleon
Solo, which only people my age would understand. I could have lived without seeing Paul Lynde
in drag. You can see the changing of
mores as well as they actually acknowledge non-married adults would get
together for sex. There are also a lot
of technological marvels highlighted as Taylor is supposed to be a great
inventor. It was interesting to see a
couple things here that were stolen in later movies, like the floor cleaner in
Taylor’s kitchen that appears in the 5th Element. This was a lot of
silly fun.
MVP: Day,
again, as Jennifer Nelson at the peak of her craft, likable and sexy |
| Lynde is Drag Along with Solo |
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