The Happy Time

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steve d 07/21/2020 Forgettable but entertaining. See more 08/13/2016 Sparkling adaptation of the Broadway hit, with Kurt Kasznar recreating his original role. See more 04/01/2010 (First and only viewing - 4/1/2010) See more 11/02/2009 Although one must question the sanity of these French Canadians who consider puberty "The Happy Time," this film is hilarious--loaded with laugh lines. See more 06/30/2009 Yes, this movie is silly and splashy, but it is at heart a very sweet story about love and coming of age. The dialogue is brilliant, with lots of subtle humour mixed between the more obvious jokes. See more 01/06/2008 The Happy Time – A wonderful comedy about a family in Ottawa. Bobby Driscoll plays the bordering-on-teenage son who becomes enraptured by the lovely maid Mignette that his Father, played by Charles Boyer, has hired. There are some wonderful moments that were pretty subversive for the period. Boyer and his brothers boisterously confront a cruel schoolmaster who has not only been beating Driscoll with a strap but for something he didn’t do. Toward the end, Boyer gently and encouragingly explains to Driscoll that desire is natural and good (!) but that alone it is hollow. Desire with love, he says, giving himself and the boy’s mother as an example, is how it should be and that it is the most wonderful thing in the world. Here, here, Charles (and the screenwriters)! Boyer’s portrayal of the passionate and optimistic father is absolutely winning. See more Read all reviews

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