A lot of fun.

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A Skelton movie is always good for at least a few laughs. Even when the storyline is pretty well hacked up, as it is here, some of his slapstick bits still register. Here he's an inept camera store-owner turned inept photographer, who gets involved with a housing developer (Dahl). Trouble is her housing project is being sabotaged by insiders. Skelton stumbles across their plot and now they're after him. So, will pa Skelton and grandpa Skelton get their youngest and his girl out of the stew, (Red in three roles!).I agree with others—this is a lesser Skelton vehicle. It never really gels. Instead, the narrative resembles beads of comedic bits strung along a choppy string. Nonetheless, there are some funny sketches—Red and a fat guy undressing in what amounts to a closet; Red photographing a bedecked doorman that he takes to be an admiral, et al. There's also some funny lines-- Red commenting on the opening credits, which is unlike anything I've seen. But the overall impression is that, except for the climactic chase, the bits could have been worked easily into his TV show instead of awkwardly strung out into a movie.(In passing—Note in one segment the extensive housing project under construction. In short, it's suburban housing opening up like blossoms in LA's post-war sunshine. Can clogged freeways be far behind.)

Its one of the masters of comedy, Red Skelton in a slapstick romance flick playing three parts: Rusty Cammeron, Pop and also Grandpop. Rusty is trying to keep the family camera shop from going under. He tries his hand at newsreel filming that leads to some hapless, funny situations and the chance meeting of an heiress Lucia Corlane(Arlene Dahl)...Rusty is smitten. Nothing he wouldn't do for his new love; even filming the ground breaking of her new housing complex. He manages to film her financial adviser making a dirty deal that would leave Miss Corlane broke. A fun vehicle for one of the "cleanest" comedians in the business. Others in the cast: Ann Miller, Leon Ames, Richard Rober and Pamela Britton. Jack Donohue directs the screenplay of Ivan Tors.

Remake of Buster Keaton's 1928 success "The Cameraman" features Red Skelton at his most amiable, playing a salesman in his family's camera store (Cammeron & Son & Son) who helps the heiress of a major construction company thwart her crooked partner, who's planning on driving her out of business. The plot isn't taken at all seriously; instead, the film is comprised mainly of comic vignettes, some hilarious, with Skelton also playing his own father and wily grandfather. Gets off to a wonderful start, but loses steam along the way despite slapstick climax. The cramped dressing room bit has hardly any relation to the story yet remains a laugh-out-loud highlight, and Ann Miller is a hoot as a beauty contest winner who's always getting slugged. Skelton has some wonderful scenes, double takes, and pratfalls--and, as usual, he's quietly charming while attempting to win over the girl of his dreams. **1/2 from ****

Red Skelton stars in three roles here as members of the Cammeron family, who operate a camera shop. The fun begins when young Rusty Cammeron is hired to film the groundbreaking ceremony of Lucky Vista, a new land development. In doing so, he accidentally captures on film the scheming of some crooked land developers. The best moments come from Skelton's slapstick humor. I also enjoyed his narration of the credits, and the lovely Ann Miller (as Miss Lucky Vista) posing seductively amid a flock of escaped turkeys! This remake of a Buster Keaton classic (The Cameraman) is diverting, if not terribly memorable. Recommended for fans of Skelton. Ann Miller fans won't find her tapping up a storm here, but she's pleasant in her role and shows off those famous legs.