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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
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Cary Grant is hilarious as a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape the confines of his family's tiny midtown apartment. So he designs his dream home in the suburbs and discovers the project wasn't as easy as it seemed. The house gets larger. The bills get bigger. The problems just won't go away. Eventually, the whole affair becomes a nightmare-a very funny nightmare-that left audiences laughing in 1948 and will have you in stitches, too. This is the comedic masterpiece that inspired the popular 1987 movie "The Money Pit." It's an adventure in homeowning that strikes a familiar chord with everyone who's ever...
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Apparently one of the classics of comedy, this film does not age well. It follows a New York family as they try to build their 'dream house' in Connecticut but find it is a larger endeavor than they ever imagined. I found Cary Grant annoying and foolish while Myrna Loy as his wife seems to sleep walk through the whole...
(complete Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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