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

Good concept, poorly executed.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

"Two Weeks With Love" is very similar to Warner Brothers "On Moonlight Bay" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"...a nice turn of the 20th century musical slice of life about a middle class family. So, if you like the Warner films, you're very likely to also enjoy this offering from MGM...though "Two Weeks With Love" is definitely a weaker outing for a variety of reasons I'll get to later in the review.The story revolves mostly around Patti Robinson (Jane Powell) as she is on vacation with her family at a resort. Her number one goal there is to find a man...though her parents seem to do everything they can to stop this as she's only 17. Her younger sister, Melba (Debbie Reynolds) is even younger...and both have visions of handsome suitors coming to them to profess their love. The problem is that with Patti, she's thoroughly embarrassed herself in from of the most handsome bachelor there, a Cuban named Demi (Ricardo Montalban). Do either of the sisters have a prayer or do they need to wait for another summer to pass before they find love?As I mentioned, this is a good film but not the equal to the Warner films because of a couple weaknesses. First, while Jane Powell is probably a lovely person and I would never want to hurt her, her singing in this film is much more operatic and not nearly as much fun as Doris Day and Gordon MacRea in the other films. Secondly, the comedy is simply funnier in the Warner films...with Billy Gray putting on a terrific performance as a pest!Despite a few weak moments (such as with some of the singing as well as some of the fantasy scenes), overall this is a fun little family film. Worth seeing, warts and all.

TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE is a rarity, a movie that sets out to capture the innocent charm of the early 20th century, and succeeds. A brave confection, built on a rather silly premise, it artfully presents the conflict in the heart of a 17-year-old girl who yearns to grow up and whose parents yearn to ignore it. Jane Powell is delightful as the adolescent who has a crush on the dashing man, and Ricardo Montalban hits just the right note of sophistication and kindness as he begins to fall for her. Debbie Reynolds is perfect as the wisecracking younger sister who knows what she wants and how to get it (and "it" is Carleton Carpenter), and two little brothers add just the touch of innocent mischief we would expect from little brothers in those days. Louis Calhern is delightful as the fumbling father, and Ann Harding is elegant and regal as always as the mother.I don't see how anyone could interpret this as the same movie as DIRTY DANCING, except they both took place in Catskills resorts. It is truly about a loving family and how they cope with growing pains all around. The later film was no such thing, with a different set of characters and a totally different story line. It was certainly a different kind of resort as well.

A beautiful, innocent show -- well sort of. The turn-of-the-century generation was not naive about sex, they just had a better way of making it subtle.Has nobody guessed? This is the movie which was updated to become, I kid you not, Dirty Dancing. The father-daughter tenderness, the girl who loves to dance and who takes over at the Catskill resort entertainment when the jealous leading lady has a problem, the coming of age of a woman on vacation with the cooperation of an entertainer -- "Mr. Robinson, your child is no longer a child." The parents' yielding to the breakdown of social barriers. It's all there.

They don't make films like this anymore there simply aren't the margins in them. If they did the sex and jokes would hit you in the face and you would miss the point that subtlety and slapstick can mix well together on occasion. This film is half a century old and it probably shows to the more sophisticated contemporary film goer/maker. To me it was a film that I have seen only twice when in my teens but both times it instilled in me a warmth and humour that I have rarely known in a film since. Hooray for Debbie Reynolds! Hooray for Ricardo M! And not an inch of stocking or @#*~ word in sight! Sit back and enjoy.