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Nice effects though.

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

While not a great film, and it won't be for all tastes, 'Neptune's Daughter' was to me an entertaining film that ticked most of the right boxes.'Neptune's Daughter' is at its weakest in the story department, where the silly and thin mistaken-identity story is purely functional at best, where a few parts border on the improbable. Keenan Wynn is given little to do and his acting and narration felt like they belonged in another (darker) film because they seemed at odds here. Most of the comedy is a lot of good-natured fun, but some falls flat due to being overdone somewhat.However, 'Neptune's Daughter' is a beautiful-looking film, with opulent use of colour, handsome cinematography and elegant costumes and sets. The songs and music are pleasant and energetic, "Baby It's Cold Outside" being one of the most deserving wins in the Best Song category though Red Skelton and Betty Garrett's number with Xavier Cugat is a delight too.While not all the comedy works, most of it does and in a way that's genuinely amusing and good-natured. The highlight is Skelton and Garrett's first date in her apartment, a hilarious scene and beautifully played and executed. The staging for the songs is suitably spirited and always pleasing visually, though while the big water ballet is beautifully photographed and performed and fun it wasn't quite the "aqua spectacular" that was expected, just lacking the continuous energy and imagination of the best Esther Williams water ballets.Esther Williams is very charming and brightens up the screen whether in or out of the water, while Ricardo Montalban is suave, devilishly handsome and full of energy and charisma. Red Skelton seems to be really enjoying himself and is very funny, a riot even in his best bits, and bubbly Betty Garrett enchants the viewer from the moment she's introduced to her last second. Look out also for a rare live-action appearance from the immortal voice actor Mel Blanc, in case you don't spot him he's the mustachioed guy that sounds exactly like Speedy Gonzales.In conclusion, a very enjoyable film that did make me feel warm inside, though it is not masterpiece status. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Directed by Edward Buzzell, and written by Dorothy Kingsley (who would share a Best Writing Oscar some years later for her work on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)), this below average Musical comedy stars Esther Williams (in the title role?), Keenan Wynn, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, and Betty Garrett. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" earned Frank Loesser his only Oscar, on his fourth try out of five nominations, for Best Song. The scene in which it's sung, by Williams with Montalban and Garrett with Skelton (the two couples), is one of the film's best. Otherwise, it's pretty chauvinistic fluff.Williams plays a champion swimmer whom Wynn's character finally convinces to partner with him to sell swimsuits. They are very successful. Garrett plays Williams's sister, who can't wait to find a fella, that ends up meeting goofy masseur Skelton, who's never even kissed a girl. Enter Montalban, South America's best polo player. After losing a radio callout contest, Skelton winds up giving the injured Montalban a massage, who in turn gives Skelton some romance advice. Wynn decides that arranging a show for the visiting polo players would be good business, and Garrett decides to be the first girl to meet their star, José O'Rourke (Montalban), for her own desires. Garrett mistakes Skelton for O'Rourke and, wanting to impress her and try out his new "moves", Skelton pretends to be José.Trouble arises when the standoffish businesswoman Williams believes the horse riding playboy O'Rourke is courting her; she thinks he's pursuing her and her sister at the same time! This well oiled case of mistaken identity theme is about all there is to sustain the rest of the film, besides some singing, dancing, and music played by Xavier Cugat (as himself) and his band. Naturally, this device only delays the inevitable, each gal will end up with their guy, though Williams puts up the most resistance, with Wynn making his own play for her in a losing effort to Montalban.There is a subplot involving a gangster (Ted de Corsia), and his dumb heavy (the always reliable Mike Mazurki), who figures capturing O'Rourke before the big polo match will be a good way to win a big gambling bet. Otherwise, the only other feature of note is some humorous, not politically correct scenes with Mel Blanc playing a South American named Pancho. Then, of course, there are the swimsuits, and their models, as well as the standard synchronized swimming routines which are typical of Ms. Williams's films.

Lame musical comedy starring Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalbahn. Williams plays a bathing suit designer who wants to protect her sister, Betty Garrett, from Montalbahn, a polo star and Lothario whom Garrett has fallen for. Really, though, Garrett has fallen for Red Skelton, who pretends to be Montalbahn. While Williams thinks she's keeping Montalbahn occupied, the two, as you expect, fall in love. Williams is a pretty boring actress, famously only "something" when she's wet, and she's kept out of the water for 95% of the movie, and they even cut away from what promises to be an epic water ballet in the final moments. The only amusing moments come between Skelton and Garrett, though their antics never rise above slightly amusing. They have good chemistry, though. It's too bad their studio didn't recognize it at the time, because they should have been paired again. There are two bits of interest in the film: first, it won the Oscar for best song, Frank Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Now there's a trivia question! The song doesn't even make sense in the movie. As far as I could tell, the movie takes place in California. Even if I'm incorrect on that, it certainly was never cold in the movie, and why would someone even write a song about the cold and snowstorms for an Esther Williams movie? Weird. It's a great song, of course, and the best part of the film. Both couples sing it in full back to back, with Garrett and Skelton reversing the roles the second time around. The second thing, there's this one character in the movie named Pancho, who works for the polo team or something. When he began to talk, I was thinking, "Wow, what a stereotypical accent. Sounds just like Speedy Gonzales." Then, "Wow, really a lot like Speedy Gonzales. Wait a second… that actor looks like…" Yes, it was! Mel Blanc, playing a guy who sounds just like Speedy Gonzales. I didn't know Mel Blanc did anything live action.

Esther Williams had some fairly amusing comedies in the '40s that had her jumping into a pool every so often to keep her "Million Dollar Mermaid" label intact. She not only swims here, but joins in the fun and even lends herself to a funny rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Ricardo Montalban while Red Skelton is doing his own version of the song with Betty Garrett. It's a wacky bit of fun about Red being mistaken for a polo player. He has some wild slapstick scenes--one of which has him joining a bevy of bathing beauties as he attempts to fit into a water ballet (reminiscent of his hijinks in "Bathing Beauty"). His partner in fun is Betty Garrett who delivers her own special brand of comedy with no strain at all. Ricardo Montalban is an excellent foil for Esther's romantic scenes as the wealthy polo player. The blurb on the video jacket offers a quote from the N.Y. Times: "The most entertaining of all the aquatic spectacles in which Esther Williams has starred." 'Nuff said. Enjoy!