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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Father Goose is a great film, with a great story, great characters, and great actors. Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) is a man who ran away from society on a boat. He is pretty much aimless and does almost nothing for anyone else's benefit. But during World War 2 Royal Australian Navy Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard) pushes Walter to become a watchman on a desolate pacific island so he just searches for Japanese planes. One day he comes across Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) a snobby school teacher and all of her female pupils who inadvertently end up on Walter's island. The writing in this movie is great. All of the characters are fantastic, Walter, Catherine, Commander Houghton are all enjoyable. And all the acting is stellar from top to bottom. I can definitely recommend this movie. You will not be disappointed.

When the film begins, the British commander (Trevor Howard) deliberately strands an 'American'(!), Walter (Cary Grant), on a small island so that he can be an observer for the navy. In order to get his cooperation, bottles of booze have been hidden about the island--and he's told where one is hidden each time he sends them a report on enemy aircraft that is later confirmed. Unfortunately for Walter, this routine is disrupted when he's asked to go on a rescue mission to a nearby island--but when he arrives, he only finds a school teacher and her seven young charges."Father Goose" is an enjoyable family film. However, when I watched it tonight, I noticed that I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the other times I saw the picture. I think it's because this time I noticed things I didn't notice as much the previous times--such as how horribly Miss Freneau (Leslie Caron) and the kids treated Walter. Now, I thought that much of their behavior was rather boorish and mean all for the sake of comedy--such as the kid who kept biting Walter (I would have slapped that brat!) and the one who CONSTANTLY complained about wanting to be home. In hindsight, I wish they'd toned this down a bit--bit it STILL is an enjoyable movie.

During WWII, an American is stationed on a South Seas island with the task of spotting Japanese planes, but ends up looking after a woman and seven schoolgirls. This is a colorful and entertaining comedy, but the material is stretched a bit thin at nearly two hours. Surprisingly, the screenplay won an Oscar. Grant seems to be having fun in his penultimate film, although he was perhaps too old to be getting romantic with Caron, nearly 30 years his junior. Even Grant knew he was too old, as this was the last time he played a romantic lead. Caron mostly just tries to be French, although the scene where she gets drunk is amusing.

During WWII many an island coast watcher were found not only useful, but often invaluable to the Allies in the Pacific. In this zany but delightful comedy, the film " Father Goose " takes Cary Grant and nearly replicates his actual persona. He plays Walter Eckland a crusty, middle age, south seas beachcomber with no intention of changing his lay-back lifestyle simply because there is a major war taking place. However, his lifetime friend Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard) once harbor master, now a Naval Commander for the British Navy and his aid Lieutenant Stebbings (Jack Good) convince him to join the coast watching service. Having little choice, Eckland reluctantly agrees. Things are tolerant enough for him as long as he's stuck alone on a deserted island keeping an eye on the Japanese navy when overnight, he's invaded by a bevy of preteen girls. They not only disturb Eckland's solitary existence, but completely disrupt his once peaceful solitude. The girls' prissy guardian/governess, Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) immediately sets out to make the best of a difficult situation and that includes altering the reclusive life of reluctant Father Goose. This movie was listed among Grant's favorites and watching it, easily becomes an audience Classic as well. ****