This is the early 1950s harkening back 30 years to its childhood. It's an odd film in that it's ostensibly not a musical, but its characters have a tendency to break into song en masse. The Gilbreth children are portrayed as a single undulating organism, busting out for little cameos resembling grade-school skits. We have a feminist plot device in Mother Gilbreth, who dips in to rail at various sexist overweight early-20th century males.
Strange as it is, or perhaps because of its offbeat nature, this film moves fast, and it's an enjoyable watch.
Strange as it is, or perhaps because of its offbeat nature, this film moves fast, and it's an enjoyable watch.