Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Too many fans seem to be blown away

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The first five minutes of Love Finds Andy Hardy are really cute. Lewis Stone, head of the Hardy household, is a benevolent judge with a sweet rapport with Fay Holden, his wife. Unfortunately, the only reason the movie started out cute was because Mickey Rooney, the lead, hadn't showed up yet. I don't know what he was trying to do or why he thought it was a good idea to do it, but watching this movie will make you absolutely despise him. He acts like he's been kicked in the head by a mule, his hormones are out-of-control and make him a selfish jerk, and his punchy energy makes him seem like a marionette whose main goal is to become a "real boy". Once again, I found myself talking through another terrible movie in order to keep my sanity. Judy Garland's strange posture and way of walking would have warranted criticism on its own, but the way her character was written deserves much more of that. Mickey Rooney is a callous hormone-crazed jerk who tries to take advantage of every girl he meets, but for some reason, Judy's crazy about him and tries to win him for herself. Nothing about their scenes together makes sense, and compared to his lunatic facial expressions, she seemed enormously depressed during each of her lines.Unless you want to see Mickey Rooney as an insane bobblehead, skip this one and pick another Andy Hardy movie. They made sixteen of them.

While many folks might really love this installment of the Andy Hardy franchise because you get to see Lana Turner AND Judy Garland, no matter how you look at it Andy is a jerk. Andy is broke and needs money...a theme in nearly all the Andy Hardy films. So, to get money for his car, he agrees to take Cynthia (Turner) out and show her a good time. Now why would anyone want to pay Andy to do that? Well, her boyfriend is going out of town and wants to be sure Cynthia never gets serious with any other boys...so he pays Andy to date her...technically making Andy a giggolo! As for his steady girlfriend, Polly (Ann Rutherford), she's also out of town and so she apparently won't be the wiser. To complicate things, a new neighbor, Betsy (Garland) just moved in and she is infatuated with Andy...though she's obviously too nice for him. What's to come of all this?The notion that three women would fight over that pipsqueak Andy is a bit hard to imagine. And, as for Andy, he treats all of the young ladies abominably and it's really hard to pull for him in this film. Because of this, although it has an amazing cast, it's also not one of the better films of the series. Plus, with Judy in this one, they were obliged to throw in three songs--three not very good songs. As a result, it messed up the formula which worked so well in the rest of the Hardy films. Had this been "Babes on Broadway" or a similar Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland film, it would have made a lot more sense. Worth seeing but weak.By the way, Mary Blake (Grandmama from "The Addams Family" TV show) makes her first of two appearances in the series.

"Love finds Andy Hardy" is one of the best among three Hardy films. This films greatness is largely helped by Ann Rutherford, Lana Turner, and a wonderful young Judy Garland. Judy is the girl who adds the sweet wonder to so many of her films with her innocence, her passion, her beauty, and that voice of an angel. Judy's "I'm just an in between" is tear jerking. It makes me so frustrated with Andy for hurting her feelings. Lana Turner is also beautiful and charming as Andy's friend Siggy's girl when Siggy promises Andy $8 for pretending to go out with her to keep the other fellas away. Ann Rutherford is the other beautiful, charming gal. Fellas, gals. I just love the way young people talked back then, such a far cry away from the way they talk today. It was such a nicer, more innocent world. Anyway, Andy wants to buy a car but he only has twelve bucks out of the $20 he needs for it. Siggy promises Andy the other $8 if he keeps the other fellas away from Lana. Meanwhile, Ann, Andy's usual girl, is going out of town for a couple weeks. But we still get a couple of sweet scenes with her, including a touching scene with her and Andy when she's returned and found out what's been going on. The scenes with Judy are wonderful, as always with Judy in her films, including the soda shop. Judy and Andy then both act in such a good wholesome way that no one would ever see young people acting today. How much of a heart of gold does this girl have, when so kindly offering to give Andy the $8 he needs. Andy declines it, but that is understandable being a gentleman in those days. But still, Judy's offers, she is so pure and full off true goodness. And she offers to give Andy the $8 too, not lend it. $8 in 1938 was equal to over $100 today. And then Andy ignores Judy, and she sings her "In between" with tears. It is sad but Judy didn't understand that she was just too young. Andy's dad Judge Hardy also has some good scenes while at work, and with the family. Judge Hardy and son also have their heart to heart, a common theme of the Hardy films. There's also some sadness with a family member getting a stroke. I often wonder why human beings are so enormously different today than they were back then. Just saying "the times have changed" isn't enough. Its also this: nearly every person that was around back then is now gone, except a percentage of the very elderly, all over 80, and they were only the small children back then. And just about everyone in the world today, except those over 80 years old, didn't exist yet back then. People haven't changed, it's just different people.

I simply love this Andy Hardy film. I found it at Wal-mart one day and just had to get it. I've seen Mickey Rooney in films before, but never was he so funny as in this. Mickey and Judy Garland were great together. In fact, they are my favorite on screen couple of all time. The whole movie is funny and entertaining. I wish they would put all of the Andy Hardy movies out on DVD. Another movie I like with Mickey and Judy is Girl Crazy. It's a great musical, if you like musicals. This one isn't boring and simply entertaining all the way through. For a great laugh and a lot of fun check out Love Finds Andy Hardy....you will not be disappointed.