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      Sitting Pretty

      Released Mar 10, 1948 1h 24m Comedy List
      Reviews 77% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Overworked parents Tacey (Maureen O'Hara) and Harry King (Robert Young) have three rambunctious sons and no time for themselves. So they place an ad for a live-in nanny, which is answered by one Lynn Belvedere, who they assume is a woman. The Kings are soon shocked when they discover that Lynn is actually a man (Clifton Webb). Reluctantly, they hire him anyway and are pleased when he proves a success. Unfortunately, the addition of another adult man to the house troubles the neighbors. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 04 Buy Now

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      Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) The funniest comedy to come from Hollywood in a long, long time. Apr 3, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B+ Jan 9, 2013 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This is the effete curmudgeon character film role that endeared the 60 -year-old Clifton Webb to the public and made him a star. Rated: B Oct 17, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member One of my favorite movies. I’m a big fan of Clifton Webb. I’ve seen this movie many times over the years and it never fails to make me laugh! Maureen O'Hara and Robert Young are a perfect married couple! Brings me back to the days when everyone in the neighborhood knew everyone else's business! 👍🏼 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/21 Full Review Tom M Clifton Webb's masterpiece. O'Hara is great and the movie overcomes Young's usual childish behavior. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/20 Full Review ashley h Sitting Pretty is an okay film. It is about a family that hires a live-in babysitter but is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius. Robert Young, Clifton Webb, and Maureen O'Hara give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Walter Lang did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Cute enough but the script isn't great. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review s r Witty writing and characters. A wholesome film. I'd like to be like him. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review kevin w A bit of a novelty for Hollywood in that a gay main character (Clifton Webb) heads the action. His thrust (as it were) is infiltration of late 40's suburban America. His entry card: children like him (?!?). He is defiantly imperious and snide, and yet the film tries to get us to believe that people put up with him and his "genius", and more, actually like him. His main antagonist? The only other obviously gay person in town, whom he himself detests. People seem to enjoy this work. I was dumbfounded. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Overworked parents Tacey (Maureen O'Hara) and Harry King (Robert Young) have three rambunctious sons and no time for themselves. So they place an ad for a live-in nanny, which is answered by one Lynn Belvedere, who they assume is a woman. The Kings are soon shocked when they discover that Lynn is actually a man (Clifton Webb). Reluctantly, they hire him anyway and are pleased when he proves a success. Unfortunately, the addition of another adult man to the house troubles the neighbors.
      Director
      Walter Lang
      Distributor
      20th Century Fox
      Production Co
      20th Century Fox
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 10, 1948, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 18, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 24m
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