After seeing Glenn Ford in "The Mating of Millie" I was looking forward to watching this movie. In the "MOM" Ford played a witty, confident man full of personality and humor. I thought I would see this type of character in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." Unfortunately, however, I discovered, that instead of a fun romantic comedy I got a bland, forgettable drama. Ford plays Tom Corbett, a widower, and Ron Howard plays Eddie, his son. I was somewhat surprised at some of the "adult" lines they gave Ron Howard to say, which I thought were unnecessary and inappropriate. There were also some pretty dramatic scenes (e.g., Eddie screaming bloody murder after finding one of his goldfish had died, etc.) that I hadn't expected, which just didn't seem to fit too well in this movie. Ford's character was somewhat likable, but too detached and dull. He really didn't have much personality at all.
I was expecting some humor, but there were hardly any funny parts and the whole story involving Norman Jones (Jerry Van Dyke-his employee at the radio station he and Corbett worked at) and Dolly Daily (a woman Corbett met in town who was working on her "self-esteem" so she could fulfill her aspiration of becoming a beauty queen) was boring and superfluous to the story. I found both Norman and Dolly to be wooden and vapid characters. If you want to see a clean, witty, funny romance I highly recommend "The Mating of Millie" over this disappointment.
I was expecting some humor, but there were hardly any funny parts and the whole story involving Norman Jones (Jerry Van Dyke-his employee at the radio station he and Corbett worked at) and Dolly Daily (a woman Corbett met in town who was working on her "self-esteem" so she could fulfill her aspiration of becoming a beauty queen) was boring and superfluous to the story. I found both Norman and Dolly to be wooden and vapid characters. If you want to see a clean, witty, funny romance I highly recommend "The Mating of Millie" over this disappointment.