I can't remember if I ever saw the 1950s version of this film, but know I read the book. Only, I can't remember what I read. Thus, no comparisons here. This movie was better than I expected. I feared it was going to have a lot of truly obnoxious kid characters, but that didn't happen. All the trouble the children get into is more amusing than anything else. Disrepect towards adults is limited.
Steve Martin surprised me. He's not the type of man who seems capable of handling a whole lot of kids. Yet he comes across totally believable in this movie. The only unbelievable part was how it seemed like the mother was on a book tour for weeks and weeks, instead of only two weeks. All's well that ends well, though, in this movie, which stresses if you mess up raising your kids, nothing else will compensate for that.
P. S. Pitbull lovers will be happy to see the family dog is a pitbull, and he's perfectly safe and playful around all those children.
Steve Martin surprised me. He's not the type of man who seems capable of handling a whole lot of kids. Yet he comes across totally believable in this movie. The only unbelievable part was how it seemed like the mother was on a book tour for weeks and weeks, instead of only two weeks. All's well that ends well, though, in this movie, which stresses if you mess up raising your kids, nothing else will compensate for that.
P. S. Pitbull lovers will be happy to see the family dog is a pitbull, and he's perfectly safe and playful around all those children.