Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

1h 56m

Comedy

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Banker Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy (Maureen O'Hara), but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey (Lauri Peters), embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny (Michael Burns). When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.

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TIME Magazine

06/07/2011

Since there are no recognizable humans in it, Mr. Hobbs is really strictly for the bird watchers.

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Variety Staff

Variety

03/26/2009

This is a fun picture, although it misfires, chiefly in the situation development department.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

06/24/2006

A wholesome family comedy with Stewart and O'Hara as a couple whose quiet vacation becomes a noisy free-for-all for the kids.

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TV Guide

06/07/2011

3/4

Whirlwind direction, witty quips from screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, and the seasoned Stewart's likability ensure that the laughs keep coming in this fun film.

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

10/09/2005

3/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

08/07/2005

3/5

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Douglas G

@Moviefandrg May 13

Stewart is too old for this role, and it’s an (well-worn) ok plot.

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Dave L

09/22/2024

Great Movie for its time! I watched it at the Y&W open-air theater in Northwest Indiana as an 11-year-old kid! :)

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ed m

01/20/2024

Jimmy Stewart & Maureen O'Hara are two of the all time greats, but this movie is weak.

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Lanfranco C

@Lanfrancobz 07/12/2022

Definitely the Family is all!

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Frances H

12/04/2021

I saw this flick when I was a kid and it ran in the theaters--back in the old Memorial Theater in Mckeesport, Pa. I enjoyed it them, but probably I enjoyed it more now, because, being older, I can identify with Mr. Hobbes. I also read Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter by the same author, Edward Streeter, and Mr. Baxter's little asides in his own mind are just as funny as Mr. Hobbes little comments in his own mind!

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D. P

08/15/2021

1962! run down shack house on EMERALD BAY, Orange County. GREAT cast. FABIAN! Famous movie, title at least. But dated silly movie, depressing in parts. Never saw all before on TV The Movie Channel 13.3, 8.15.21

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Synopsis

Banker Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy (Maureen O'Hara), but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey (Lauri Peters), embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny (Michael Burns). When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.

Director: Henry Koster
Screenwriter: Nunnally Johnson
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 56m

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