Matrimonio per papà

Heidi Lenhart stars as Jenny, a young MBA graduate who doesn't have a lot of money so she starts looking for a job in order to one day be able to marry Charlie (Michael Woolson). She ends up at Caldwell Corp. after getting a lot of rejections and is very surprised to meet the great Oliver Caldwell (Gregory Harrison)in person, who is too busy to be with his kids and needs a nanny. She agrees to take the job and he takes the whole family to France along with his girlfriend and executive Vivian Berger. His kids, Alex and Katie hate spending time with nannies so they constantly find ways to get rid of Jenny, but with help from the Caldwell limo driver Nigel (John Rhys-Davies) she not only impresses the kids but Oliver as well. It was a great movie to watch it also reminded me so much of that series with Fran Drescher that was called The Nanny.

I saw this movie first, when I was at a friend's house, in about 1999. I really liked it, but I forgot how good it was. Then, one day last week, I was flipping through channels, and when I got to Fox Family, I saw that it was on. It was near the beginning, so I watched it. Then, I saw lots of commercials for Au Pair 2. I couldn't wait to watch that. Last night, I watched the World Premire, and loved it. I hope that someday, there is another one.

I really liked this movie. The acting was pretty good, and I LOVED the scenes in Europe. What can I say...I'm a sucker for movies that take place in Paris. Even though those kids were somewhat annoying, they didn't bother me so much, that i would change my opinion on the movie. I also love that actress who plays the step mom-to-be. she is really funny, and has a history of playing those types of characters. Remember "it Takes Two"? Yea, that was her. Anyways, this was a great movie, and it was really worth watching.

Not a bad movie, but there were some unpolished areas. A bit too much slapstick (like the wicked fiance falling in the water). There was also not much, if any, credit given to the Budapest location. Were we suppose to think it was Paris? John Rhys-Davies might be typecast (but only in my mind). I kept thinking "what is General Koskov of the James Bond film 'The Living Daylights' doing here?" After all, part of the James Bond film was set in Vienna, like this film!

The audience naturally would be hoping for a happy ending. However, the Gregory Harrison character is not necessarily the ideal husband. He is easily fooled by the fiance, is willing to be tricked into a sudden wedding, and doesn't seem to have an interest in his children.

Overall, I think the film could have been better had the script been written better. Perhaps they assume that children can only understand a situation where good and bad are obvious.

This film was great all the way trough and I think it will appeal to a a lot of people. The children in it were excellent and aloough they are not that well known I have seen other work by them and can Tell they are very talented in what they do and I think that Jake Dinwaddie is one of the best child actors I have ever seen.