lawlorwalter

This is a really boring show with predictable over the top drama. Some of the worst writing and acting I have seen on Canadian television in my entire life. Only watch if you have almost nothing else available to you.

If you're not a fan of Hitchcock's then you probably will not get much out of this. It's an average very old movie on the surface, that seems like it was supposed to be a silent film with some talking elements they tried to add after this movie was well along the way to being produced. So it is clumsy with old equipment used, bad sound. But there are those HItchcock touches you just can't miss that elevates this to a must see if you want to understand the master's earlier work and later classics.

John Candy gives one of his very best performances ever in this touching and funny movie by the great John Hughes. When his brother's wife has an emergency with her parents and they can't find a babysitter they're forced to turn to Candy, a slob and a gambling mess-up with no job. Things start off rough but his heart melts and he may not do things the usual way but he gets the job done and he and the kids all come together and help each other become better people. Nothing in the movie is a big surprise or twist but the kids are great and Candy's performance is hilarious and also so touching.