The Glass Bottom Boat

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The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

1h 50m

Comedy

Drama

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Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day) works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her father's glass-bottom boat company. When her coworker, Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor), accidentally hooks her costume while fishing, he is smitten. Back at work, Bruce brings her in as his biographer -- a pretense for wooing her. Meanwhile, inept security agents Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise) and Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde) wrongfully peg Jennifer as a Soviet spy, causing all sorts of problems.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

The film flails airlessly, not unlike Day herself when she's mistakenly locked inside Taylor's anti-gravity prototype.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 26, 2005

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This takes an awfully long time to hit its comic stride, although the film finally delivers the goods during the second half.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 16, 2019

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Rated: 3/5

Mar 16, 2007

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's just a wonderfully stupid comedy.

Rated: A-

Jan 12, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: C

Jun 28, 2005

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

pretty thin

Rated: 2.5/5

May 8, 2005

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Michael V

Conventional first half, second half is tremendous with great cast shining. Even the (brief) debut of the Kravitzes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/20/23

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Nizar N

Just what you'd expect from a comedy with Doris Day in it. The first half may be a bit slow, but it leads to a funny turn of events and comedic situations. The ending was a bit rushed, but that doesn't take away from the splendor of The Glass Bottom Boat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/26/23

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Audience Member

Cornball to the max.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Silly but lovely romantic comedy. A lot of nostalgia value of a much simpler time when men were men and women loved it. It could not be made today due to sexual harassment sensitivities. Catalina shines in this sweet comedy and the cast appear to have a blast Making it!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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steve d

The story is way too thin to care about it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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This is a wonderfully entertaining and inventive comedy, albeit a very silly one. It's perhaps a little slow to get going, with a few scenes that are slightly longer than necessary, but on the whole it is great fun, with a very strong cast confidently directed. You'll probably enjoy it more if you have at least a nodding familiarity with 1960s TV. This time around I particularly enjoyed George Tobias and Alice Pearce as Doris Day's neighbours - virtually the same roles as they played in the first two seasons of Bewitched. I'm baffled by the low rating many of the critics have given this film, which is one of my favourite Doris Day comedies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Arthur Godfrey

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Synopsis

Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day) works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her father's glass-bottom boat company. When her coworker, Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor), accidentally hooks her costume while fishing, he is smitten. Back at work, Bruce brings her in as his biographer -- a pretense for wooing her. Meanwhile, inept security agents Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise) and Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde) wrongfully peg Jennifer as a Soviet spy, causing all sorts of problems.

Director: Frank Tashlin
Producer: Martin Melcher, Everett Freeman
Screenwriter: Everett Freeman
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2010
Runtime: 1h 50m

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