The Facts of Life

1960

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1925 1.9K

marriage vacation

Plot summary

Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.

Director

Melvin Frank Photo
Melvin Frank

Top cast

Jeffrey Sayre Photo
Jeffrey Sayre as Nightclub Patron
Norman Leavitt Photo
Norman Leavitt as Parent at Meeting
John Indrisano Photo
John Indrisano as Bartender
John Roy Photo
John Roy as Man at Airport
1080p.BluRay
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by pvbklyn 7 / 10

Worthwhile viewing to see two old pros at work

I was surprised by this film and the quality of work by its two stars. We always think of Lucy as goofy or screwy and Hope either swinging a golf club or playing wingman for Bing Crosby. Billed as a romantic comedy, Hope and Ball aim for the funny bone. But there are some serious adult issues raised. This tasty confection, made in 1960, I think is a lot of fun (though it could have been better paced and the contrivances are a bit much) and it has two terrific old pros at work in roles that you just wouldn't expect them to be in. Lucy looked pretty good when she got all dolled up. And Hope is ageless as ever. I thought they had some chemistry between them. Also includes Ruth Hussey, Louie Nye and Dom DeFore (Ozzie and Harriet's neighbor).
Reviewed by bkoganbing 5 / 10

It Takes A Lot To Get 'Em Right, And They Didn't

Maybe it was because I was expecting the cowardly Bob Hope and the scatterbrained Lucy Ricardo, but somehow I couldn't get into The Facts of Life. It had nowhere near the quality comedy that characterized Fancy Pants and Sorrowful Jones.Bob and Lucille play a couple of 40 something marrieds, a bit of a stretch for Bob to be sure, but nothing that other Hollywood leading men weren't also doing. Problem is they're not married to each other. Their respective mates are Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore. Both couples are part of a set of California neighbors who apparently do everything together, not unlike the gangster couples in Goodfellas. Not that the men are involved in anything that illegal and risky.Anyway DeFore due to business reasons is delayed on their planned trip to Acapulco and Hussey gets sick while down there. Bob and Lucille get thrown together and one thing leads to another.But the fates do conspire against them, they just can't seem to close the deal on the affair. I think you got the rest of the story.There were a whole lot of opportunities for the type of comedy both Bob and Lucille do that creators Melvin Frank and Norman Panama just passed by. Yet both of them got good reviews generally and to be sure their performances were restrained. Maybe too restrained.As the title song of that other Facts of Life creation says, it takes a lot to get them right, and this film didn't.
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