With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

With Six You Get Eggroll

I received this product very quickly and it arrived in perfect condition. I couln't be happier. August 31, 2008

There's A Man In Mommy's Bed: Doris Day's Cheerful Exit From Feature Films

Doris Day was easily the most bankable movie star of the late 1950s and early 1960s, winning critical favor and wide popularity with such films as PILLOW TALK, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES, and many others. But as time passed, Day's husband and manager Martin Melcher selected material that began to errode her career: films such as THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT and DO NOT DISTURB were popular but weakly scripted, and even Day's star power couldn't save such disasters as CAPRICE, THE BALLAD OF JOSIE, and WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. In 1968, however, Day re-established her reputation with her final feature film: WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL.

Abby (Day) is a widow with three sons; Jake (Brian Keith) is a widower with a daughter. When Abby's matchmaking sister forces the two together the result is not immediately positive--but it doesn't take long before romantic sparks begin to fly. Unfortunately, their children are considerably less enthusiastic about the match and no sooner are the two serious than war errupts with significant nastiness.

At the peak of her career Day tended to specialize in absurd comedies that could never happen in real life, so it is a little surprising to discover that EGGROLL is actually quite realistic up to a point. The newlyweds begin by trying to placate the children and their efforts gradually raise to ridiculous but entirely plausible heights--at least until the last ten minutes or so, when the film swings less successfully into broad farce. Even so, the script is amusing, the cast (particularly Alice Ghostly) is memorable, and when Day and Kieth square off in a wittily scripted argument you are suddenly aware that both were exceptional at their craft.

Following EGGROLL Day would appear in television's THE DORIS DAY SHOW and make several other television appearances--largely in order to pay off the debts left to her by Melcher, who died just as EGGROLL was released. But unlike many other stars who announce retirement only to make a series of endless comebacks, Day made a graceful exit. When she quit, she quit. WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL is hardly among her best films, it is a fond farewell nonetheless, charming without being cloying, witty without being waspish. The DVD offers no bonuses of any kind, but the film itself is in excellent condition. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer August 29, 2008

Not A Family Movie

I grew up in the 50's and 60's. I grew up loving Doris Day movies. But, I must say, this is not one of the good ones.
I do not have any idea why people repeatedly say this is a "family movie". It most certainly is not, and I actually wonder if the people that are saying this have actually seen it lately. The basic theme of the movie is that widowed Doris Day desperately must be in need of sex. In comes a somewhat creepy and stalking Brian Keith. What results is more boring and odd than anything else. The movie is not funny, in any sort of traditional way. It is really wierd--- I tried watching it with my teen-age daughters and they thought it the most bizarre movie they had ever seen.
The only reason it gets any stars at all is because of the aforementioned 60's weirdness which is entertaining in a kitschy kind of way.
If you want great family movies from the 60's, how about "That Darn Cat". "The Trouble with Angels", or "The Reluctant Astronaut". Or for older kids and all adults, "The World of Henry Orient".
Skip this one, except as a cultural artifact. August 2, 2008

~With Six You Get Eggroll....love it!~

~It's too bad that this is Doris Day's last film roll. She never lost her comic timing and beautiful prescense she carried throughout her amazing movie career. This film is wonderful because everyone in it contributed their own humor and the story is a *true to life* story, although it was more innocent considering the times. I loved this film and have watched it many time and my children have also watched it with me. I recommend it highly! We will never see movies like this again!~ July 27, 2008

With 6 you get eggroll

Delightful era in America-not raunchy, families with problems which get resolved, no one dies, and life goes on and all grow July 26, 2008

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