Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb
G | 22 December 1965 (USA)
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American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she soon becomes convinced that Mike is carrying on with his attractive new assistant, Claire. Mike also has been spending a considerable amount of time with his British bachelor buddies. Vexed and lonely, Claire hires charming antiques expert Paul to decorate the Harper home and maybe make Mike jealous in the process.

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ada

the leading man is my tpye

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Beystiman

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Breakinger

A Brilliant Conflict

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Brenda

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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HotToastyRag

Normally, it wouldn't be a ringing endorsement to say that the title song is the most memorable part of a movie. However, since Doris Day got her start as a singer and almost always sang the title song during the opening credits of her movies, it's not really an insult. After all, you're watching the movie for her cuteness and her singing, right?Towards the end of Doris's career, she made a string of very silly, stupid comedies in the sixties. When you watch one of them, you feel sorry for her, and when you watch two of them, you wonder why Hollywood was so mean to continually stick her in such terrible movies. After you've seen three of them, you understand why Doris retired early. They're all pretty interchangeable, so if you decide to include Do Not Disturb as one of your three, you'll be in for some very silly gags, raunchy sex jokes between Rod Taylor and Doris that aren't really raunchy anymore, and some themes that will make modern feminists cringe. Women are bad drivers, women are stupid, women embarrass themselves when they get drunk, etc. If you don't include this one in your Doris-Day-made-terrible-movies marathon, at least listen to the song. It's pretty cute!

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ianlouisiana

I'm afraid the title - sequence sets the tone for "Do not disturb". Shoddy,clichéd,badly thought - out and not funny. The establishing shot of London,England is accompanied by a faux Nelson Riddle arrangement of "Rule Brittania",we see Miss Day make her entrance in a London,England Taxi Cab,to be met at the kerb by a London,England,Bobby who wears his helmet strap as if he fears it might blow off.We have some amusing dialogue about how confusing English money is before she pays eight shillings and sixpence,assisted by an English City Gent and a "cockney" cab driver.O.K.,enough already,we're in England. Just to make sure we get it,the same cab turns up outside Doris's big house in rural Kent (Nah,Guv,no can do,it's outside the twelve mile limit). She and hubby Mr R.Taylor(not at all comfortable) have a nice Morgan which neither can drive,and nearly every car on England's roads seems to be a pastel - shaded MGB Roadster. Miss H.Baddeley is as you might expect as the posh owner of dear Doris's house. We have long drawn - out Foxhunting jokes,misunderstandings between Doris and Rod,and an obligatory drunk scene before it all ends happily. Co - produced by Doris's hubby,"Do not disturb" should have been left to "proper" film makers who might have been able to breathe a bit of life into it. As it is,it sinks weighed down by its mediocrity.Sorry,Doris.

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gftbiloxi

Doris Day was among Hollywood's few truly bankable stars during the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly noted for her comic talents in such frothy farces as PILLOW TALK, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES, and THAT TOUCH OF MINK. Unfortunately, as the 1960s progressed her films did not, and although her films remained popular they were seen as increasingly out of touch with the tone of the times. The situation was not helped by Day's husband-manager Martin Melcher, who developed the habit of signing Day to film projects Day herself found uninspired. Such was the case with the 1965 flyweight comedy DO NOT DISTURB.The play seems to be a grab-bag of ideas from previous Day films, the story of a pretty but slightly klutzy wife (Day) and a neglectful husband (Rod Taylor) who find themselves at romantic cross purposes courtesy of their landlady Vanessa (Hermione Baddeley), a sexy secretary (Maura McGiveney), and a handsome antiques dealer(Sergio Fantoni.) The roles are one-dimensional, the plot turns are predictable, and the dialogue trivial. Both Day and Taylor respond by overplaying, sometimes to the point of shrillness. Even so, they do manage to inject enough life into the film to make it mildly amusing--and the supporting cast is quite charming. When all is said and done, the film is most memorable for the sight of Doris Day in a brilliantly orange evening gown as she struggles on the dance floor to shake away an olive dropped down her back.The DVD includes several bonus features, including an account of Day's early life and career, a brief biography of Michael Romanoff (who plays a cameo in the film), and a brief biography of composer Mort Garson (who is perhaps best remembered for the song "Our Day Will Come.) It offers a nice transfer and is present in its original widescreen format. Most Doris Day fans will find it amusing, but even so most will admit that DO NOT DISTURB is hardly among the first tier of her films: not bad, but in no way memorable.GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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Welly-2

You can't ever complain about a Doris Day film, she brings a smile to the screen whenever she appears. This particular film, however, isn't quite in the league of most of her others. I'm not certain why that is, maybe it's because I find Rod Taylor very 2D or maybe it was because the plot became annoying as it got more contrived. This was obviously a film made from a play and you struggle to buy-in to the fact that this couple don't have a really serious problem if they are so swiftly prepared to believe in each other's infidelities.The drunken Doris in Paris is almost upsetting because you just want to protect her and the modern view of the rest of the goings-on that the business convention seems to require don't sit comfortably. Doris is tremendous throughout, of course, and it's good to see the feisty side as well as the cute. I wasn't going to bother re-watching it if it came onto the telly again, but now I know you can spot Raquel Welch in the hotel lobby I might. A Doris and Raquel film.....there's a thing!

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