Boy meets girl, boy meets girl's father, father kidnaps girl to Sweden, girl meets sleazy boy, father learns to appreciate idiotic but at least honest original boy. Tale as old as time.

It has its moments, but it's overlong and not as funny as I'd hoped. On the plus side, it's got Frankie Avalon singing the title song (which is actually kinda good), Tuesday Weld being pretty funny, and Bob Hope on the back of a dirtbike.

Bob Hope & Tuesday Weld go to Sweden, get horny for Swedish people and then cock block each other.

I'm not exactly sure who the audience would have been for this film back then. Was it for the parents or the teens? The movie kinda depicts some interesting cultural and gendered double standards (if that's what you'll call these). Also, it's interesting to see the generational conflicts are still pretty much the same. Or none of these themes I mentioned are actually interesting at all, and I've lost my mind (a real possibility).

Should you watchie? There were some pretty funny lines thrown around. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's not a blast to watchie, but not a disaster.

Film #14 of my 2020 - Clearing Out My DVD Case Initiative.

*****

Ouch. Mostly dreadful.

It's one-liner after another one-liner. And not even good ones. One groaner after another. Like a bad vaudeville act that never really gets going.

The plot is silly and paper-thin. A dad (Bob Hope) doesn't want his daughter (Tuesday Weld) dating a hipster hepcat (Frankie Avalon). So he tricks his daughter into a trip to Sweden to get her away from the dude. She, of course, falls for a Swedish dude who turns out to be a ladykiller and is much worse than the American guy. So the dad brings the American kid over to try to win his daughter back. In the meantime, the dad also falls in love with a Swedish lady.

Lah dee dah.

It's all very light and easy... but ultimately very empty. I wanted to like this generational comedy, but it just didn't work for me. Ah wells...

A totally corny film, with elements resembling the beach movies, only without Annette. These movies are a kind of guilty pleasure for me, though this is not the best of the genre. Bob Hope is always interesting, though not in top form by any stretch.

This really isn't very good, but I always find it funny to see Hollywood's impression of Sweden. And there's Tursday Weld. I had a huge crush on her back in the day.

I noticed John Qualen in the cast list. He's one of those actors who often used to play a Swede with the most horrible Swedish accent. So imagne my surprise when he hardly utters a word here. There are some other bit players who attempt to speak Swedish, though. I have never understood why Hollywood couldn't find bit players who actually were Swedes. Well, that goes for pretty much any foreign bit parts, usually played by actors who didn't master the language.

Not one of Bob Hope's better films.

Why I watched this movie? My look into the movie career of Bob Hope continues.

What is this one about? Single father Bob Hope, dissatisfied with his daughter (Tuesday Weld) JoJo's choice of partner, seizes an unexpected opportunity to bring her on a trip to Sweden in order for her to forget all thoughts of marrying Frankie Avalon.

My thoughts on this one? This was actually one of Hope's last movies. Movie has a few funny Hope one liners...but the movie is not very funny. Hope looks bored....and a tad bit too old in the role. Overall this is one of his worst movies. Final thought: There are many other Hope movies to check out....avoid this one.

Ranked 51st of 53 movies on my Bob Hope Movie Ranking Page. www.ultimatemovierankings.com/bob-hope-movies/

Extremely cheesy, but it was wholesome fun. Bob pretty much carried the film.

Chessy but cute but bad

A cute and fun bedroom comedy that is comfy.

The first film I've seen with Tuesday Weld, and she was very charming, very Sandra Dee-esque. The second I've seen with Bob Hope, and I guess I liked him here more than I liked him in Princess and the Pirate, but it's honestly just that the bedroom comedy genre is one that I'm incredibly fond of that I'll like anyone in one.

Total hokum. No surprise there, but actually impressed by the correctly spelled signs in ”Sweden”. Less impressed by just about everything else, but it is probably no worse than any other Bob Hope-flick (this it might be my very first).

Svensk titel: Svedala, alla gånger

Bob Hope & Tuesday Weld go to Sweden, get horny for Swedish people and then cock block each other.

Wow, I loved this when I was a kid watching it after school and I loved it this time through but for very different reasons, I think. I think.

Yah... stupid and a bit yucky (he is How Old?)

I'm not exactly sure who the audience would have been for this film back then. Was it for the parents or the teens? The movie kinda depicts some interesting cultural and gendered double standards (if that's what you'll call these). Also, it's interesting to see the generational conflicts are still pretty much the same. Or none of these themes I mentioned are actually interesting at all, and I've lost my mind (a real possibility).

Should you watchie? There were some pretty funny lines thrown around. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's not a blast to watchie, but not a disaster.

Film #14 of my 2020 - Clearing Out My DVD Case Initiative.

*****

Ouch. Mostly dreadful.

It's one-liner after another one-liner. And not even good ones. One groaner after another. Like a bad vaudeville act that never really gets going.

The plot is silly and paper-thin. A dad (Bob Hope) doesn't want his daughter (Tuesday Weld) dating a hipster hepcat (Frankie Avalon). So he tricks his daughter into a trip to Sweden to get her away from the dude. She, of course, falls for a Swedish dude who turns out to be a ladykiller and is much worse than the American guy. So the dad brings the American kid over to try to win his daughter back. In the meantime, the dad also falls in love with a Swedish lady.

Lah dee dah.

It's all very light and easy... but ultimately very empty. I wanted to like this generational comedy, but it just didn't work for me. Ah wells...

Extremely cheesy, but it was wholesome fun. Bob pretty much carried the film.

Mildly amusing. Most of the film is set in Sweden but filmed in USA.

Silly stuff but I liked it as a pre-teen back in the day. Do not have the film.