Though I wasn't very impressed with THE BANK DICK, I enjoyed IT'S A GIFT all the way through! This is a tight, regularly amusing comedy where poor old WC Fields must contend with a smart-alecky son and his ever-nagging ball and chain of a wife. Talk about not getting any respect! But he has higher hopes of better things to come, seeking out a dream we all hope will come true for him ... that is if he can manage to avoid one obstacle after another. Choice moments involve Fields trying unsuccessfully to get a good night's sleep amidst all sorts of distractions, and his obnoxious customers driving him crazy in the grocery store where he works.
*** out of ****
*** out of ****