Monday, March 28, 2011

The Family Way (1966)


Warner Bros.
Directed by Roy Boulting
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

British comedy/drama about a young newlywed couple living at home with the groom's parents. Burdened by a lack of privacy, guilt for losing all of their money for the honeymoon to a scam artist and inexperience, the two are unable to consummate the marriage. Months pass by and the pressure mounts. Neighbors gossip, the parents become concerned, his sexuality is questioned and other problems arise. Twenty year old Hayley Mills is gorgeous in one of her first adult roles, although it ruined her reputation in America and ended her career with Disney. Ironically, it's incredibly tame by today's standards, including many Disney movies.

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