Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Best movie ever!

An Exercise In Nonsense

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Doris great singer. Good dancer. Loved her tap dance. In finale, Patrice Wymore got the most athletic dance part. This could be because in Doris' earlier life she was in a car accident after being trained in dance. In this movie, it looks like Doris has recovered enough to do some widely moved and slower paced dance steps, except I winced when she jumped over some big objects in the finale dancing opposite Gene Nelson.Movie too long, I felt, and drags in places, and that is my reason for giving it a nine. Otherwise, it is excellent. Gordon MacRae is just divine. All the character actors did a good job. Billy De Wolfe always comedic spot-on. Same for Eve Arden. SZ Sakall great as the wealthy uncle.I just love dance movies. You know this when you read my other reviews.

"Tea for Two" retooled an older (I think 1920s) musical.This movie is just fun. No big layers...no cosmic statements on the state of the world...Watch it when you want to just relax, watch a movie (where you don't have to shield your young son's eyes), Hear some charming old tunes.Doris Day is a charming American girl / woman in most of her movies---and is what's called a "triple Threat" She CAN sing, Dance AND act! You Movie makers and PLAYWRITERS---esp if you are post Y2K...Rent or DVR a huge pile of these charming old musicals... Watch & listen - as MOST people still respond and still LIKE the charming musical...Absorb their basic structure. Understand WHY these musicals are so GOOD! And write your own musical!!! If you write the quality script / musical / and pretend that Little Brother or your little girl cousin might walk through the room and see your musical ... there are still millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of us - waiting to see n hear YOUR Musical!!! (Just look how well High School Musical did a few years back!!!)

In her fifth movie, Doris Day finally achieved top-billing, yet she shares the screen equally with a talented ensemble cast, with everyone working hard to inject some sparkle into a wafer-thin concoction. Inspired by the 1920s stage hit "No, No, Nanette" (itself filmed in 1940), this plays out as sort of the backstage story, with Doris betting her wealthy uncle that she won't say 'yes' for 48 hours in exchange for show-money. Unbeknownst to her, uncle S.Z. Sakall has been nearly ruined by the 1929 stock market crash which, incidentally, hasn't kept all the hoofers from hanging up their tap shoes (they're the merriest group of poor, working dancers I've ever seen!). Pleasant tunes, colorful costumes and fun dance routines (including a hair-raising bit with Gene Nelson on a staircase) can't really add excitement to the proceedings, which seems to have been made as a matinée quickie. Day shines (as usual), but her relationships with the men (Nelson, Gordon MacRae, and Billy De Wolf) are unclear, with De Wolf in particular a real wild card (would you believe him as a ladies' man stage producer?). Eve Arden has some funny asides, and the wrap-up is cute, but "Tea for Two" vanishes from the cup just as quickly as it is poured. ** from ****

I love musicals in general, but this is one of my favorites! Definitely 10 out of 10. With Doris Day in it... how can it go wrong! With an Uncle who is beside himself with the knowledge that her family money is gone and they are now broke, (because of the sudden "crash" of the stock market), he just can't bring himself to tell her. So when she wants to invest her money in a theatrical play (with herself in the lead), her Uncle makes her promise to say "No" to everything for 24 hours then he'll say OK. But.... Anything and everything happens in that 24 hours. Fun and light-hearted! A perfect combination of musical singing, acting,and comedy. I am just hoping Warner Bros will come out with it on DVD soon! hint hint :)