There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

The best that can be said for There's a Girl in My Soup is that it is not quite as bad as its reputation. A belly flop in the careers of Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn (she was fresh off her Oscar® for Cactus Flower), this Boulting brothers production did nothing to showcase the sparkling comic talents of those two performers. Sellers has some nice moments early as a famous TV-host twit, whose career as a serial seducer is halted after meeting hippie chick Goldie. It's one double-entendre after another: "You only want one thing," says one of Sellers's conquests. "Yes, but what a lovely thing," he sighs. Seen now, the movie is most fun for its goofy look at the gestalt of swinging London: Sellers' automated bachelor pad was surely an inspiration to the Austin Powers folks, and his checkered beige suit must be seen to be believed. --Robert Horton Amazon.com essential video

A waste of talent

Good acting but uninteresting story. Not much happens and its very talky. Judging from the cover and the casting I expected a fun comedy but "There's a Girl in My Soup" feels more of an uninspired drama-comedy, with very few funny moments (I can only think of one, and I just finished watching it). The acting is good, as expected from Hawn and Sellers, but their talents are wasted. Not recommended. July 12, 2008

The lady's in love...

Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn in a romantic comedy? While you may think the partnership might fall flat, THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP presents the two talented comic actors in a fun love story, playing mismatched May-December lovers.

Based on a long-running London play, Peter Sellers plays Robert Danvers, successful TV cooking host and serial womaniser, who meets his match in free-spirited hippie chick Marion (Goldie Hawn) when she stays the night in his swanky apartment. Marion dumps her cheating boyfriend (Nicky Henson) to accompany Robert on a trip to Paris where, despite Robert's best efforts to stop it, love begins to bloom for the determined bachelor...

THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP (1970) was typical fare from director Roy Boulting and producer John Boulting, who specialised in low-brow sex comedies. Generally panned by most critics, the film was a mild box-office hit, buoyed by the star power of Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn, who had just won the Academy Award for her performance in "Cactus Flower". Co-stars include familiar British faces like Tony Britton, Gabrielle Drake, Nicola Pagett, and Thorley Walters, plus a "special appearance" from Diana Dors.

Fun, uncomplicated romantic comedy nonsense. The DVD includes both widescreen and full-frame versions of the movie. (Single-sided, dual-layer disc). June 23, 2008

Not a Sellers market

Peter Sellers is rightly hailed as one of the screen's great comic geniuses. Unfortunately, even a genius falters, and Sellers had more than his share of misfires. In fact, when a Peter Sellers movie is bad, it goes far beyond the usual definition of the term. This 1970 sex farce is one of his worst, which means it's unmitigated garbage.

Sellers plays a middle-aged lothario who meets his match in a free-spirited young kook (Goldie Hawn, in her second starring film role), and before long, they're off on a series of wacky romantic adventures. Nothing seems more dated than this sort of '70s "mod" comedy, and nothing seems more wasteful than an actor of Sellers' stature wallowing in material clearly beneath him. Sellers and Hawn never click as a screen couple; he comes across too smarmy and she comes across too flighty to even be a likable pair. November 19, 2005

I hate this silly movie!!!!

stupid peter sellers is terrible in this movie, he plays a tv personality who seduces sexy women who are not sexy at all. goldie hawn is soooo ugly and she goes to bed with peter sellers nude, then the phone rings then peter is at the phone, then goldie gets out of bed, then i see her ass, then she puts on her robe (this movie is soooo immature!) November 13, 2005

Charming Rom-Com

This is a terrifically engaging May-December romance picture about a middle aged lothario (Peter Sellers) who begins to question his value system when he embarks on an affair with an outspoken hippie chick(Goldie Hawn) in swinging London. Sellers and Hawn are wonderful together and there is a discernible screen chemistry between them. My only qualm with the film is that it's central message throughout is to extol the virtues of romance and fidelity but the ending negates that for one of promiscuity. October 27, 2005

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