Dan Edwards (Frank Sinatra) is a workaholic ad agency president. It's his 19th wedding anniversary and his neglected wife Valerie (Deborah Kerr) wants a divorce. Their son wouldn't mind and their daughter is starting to date. Ernie Brewer (Dean Martin) is Dan's womanizing bachelor best friend and fun loving second in command.
Sinatra and Martin try to play squares during that club scene with the kids and that's kinda funny in an awkward way. These are two of the coolest singers of all times and they're trying to clap offbeat. Otherwise, I don't find this movie funny. The story deteriorates into a silly plot and not that funny. Deborah Kerr is the funniest of the lot and she can't save this. It's an odd curiosity. I've often claim that most comedies struggle to work outside their eras. I don't think this works in its own era. Apparently, the Mexican government didn't like it either and banned it.
Sinatra and Martin try to play squares during that club scene with the kids and that's kinda funny in an awkward way. These are two of the coolest singers of all times and they're trying to clap offbeat. Otherwise, I don't find this movie funny. The story deteriorates into a silly plot and not that funny. Deborah Kerr is the funniest of the lot and she can't save this. It's an odd curiosity. I've often claim that most comedies struggle to work outside their eras. I don't think this works in its own era. Apparently, the Mexican government didn't like it either and banned it.