4/10
Ma and Pa Kettle is Silly Fun **
17 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The only good thing about this inane film is the house of the future with all its modern conveniences.

In a way, the film is an insult to large families as Ma Kettle has an inability to remember the names of her 15 children. Even the old woman who lived in a shoe did better than this.

Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride were extremely adept at delivering the lines which they did. Their folksy attitude was of great benefit during this series.

Are we poking fun at the institution of the large family? After all, the Kettle's did succeed with son Richard Long. Of course, critics should be arguing about Kilbride's laziness and the general poverty conditions that the family lives under.

The ending of the film with the Indians was ridiculous, but basically that is true of so much of the film. What was the significance of the segment with Ida Moore? She should have been used in the movie "Harvey" with non-existent people.
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