Please Don't Eat the Daisies (DVD)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) starring Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Patsy Kelly. Day and Niven play a married couple; he's a rookie theater critic, she's a stay-at-home mom to their brood of four children, all boys. Just when Larry's (Niven) career begins to take off, the family is evicted from their apartment and must quickly find somewhere else to live. Kate (Day) wants to get a house in the country, but it's hard to find anything decent on short notice. Nevertheless, they move to the country (70 miles out of New York), and then the fun really begins. Well, it's supposed to be fun. The two stars are expected to carry the movie with the force of their personalities, but I really felt the chemistry between Day and Niven wasn't quite right. They may have been big stars in 1960, but much of their luster has faded by now. The movie I found to be mildly amusing and mostly harmless. The subtitles are adequate. Grade: B