Champagner in Paris (1962)

Champagner in Paris: Directed by James Neilson. With Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley. A family takes a long delayed trip to Europe and finds an unending series of comedy adventures.

“Bon Voyage Letu0026#39;s See. On board for u0026#39;Bon voyageu0026#39; is my motheru0026#39;s favorite actor u0026#39;Fred MacMurrayu0026#39;. There is actress and Ronald Reganu0026#39;s ex u0026#39;Jane Wymanu0026#39;. Disney mavericku0026#39;s u0026#39;Tommy Kirku0026#39; and u0026#39;Kevin Anthony u0026quot;Moochieu0026quot; Corcoranu0026#39; are on board as well. And then there is Deborah Walley, who I never heard of before, but she seems like sheu0026#39;s a good actress.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOK, there is the wholesome Disney atmosphere, some wacky situations, one involving Fred getting lost in the sewers of Paris and other wacky things including Fred almost getting arrested from causing a scene at a restaurant. He has some other wacky conversations with some relatives who have never meet him, but think itu0026#39;s horrible that Jane Whymanu0026#39;s character has marred of all things u0026#39;A plumberu0026#39;. He slyly reveals that he is the plumber much to their shocked snobbery surprise. Overall there is the interesting sitcom concept and premise of a family taking a vacation in Europe.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis concept was used in u0026#39;National Lampoonu0026#39;s European Vacationu0026#39; and produced a rather funny film. The concept used in this film produced a rather dull and boring movie. Despite the cleaner friendly film, it isnu0026#39;t a Disney film worth adding to your collection and I would have to say it isnu0026#39;t worth renting either. NLEV is crude in parts and is not worth letting your kids watch unless you find a way to severely edit out all the inappropriate parts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut u0026#39;Bon Voyageu0026#39; is not the better equivalent. With Fred MacMurray you expect better work. His character is annoying. When a man hits on his wife instead of hitting him, he guzzles down booze and gets upset at his wife because a guy is flirting with her. He does finally sock the guy, so justice wins out in the end, even though you have to wait for it to happen while enduring his whining about it. The melodrama that bubbles up from this film is also annoying and leaves you wondering about the deeper storyline that they never reveal. Even if they did you probably wouldnu0026#39;t care anyway.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Disney magic does not flow upon everything that it does. This is not the worst film ever made or the worst film Disney ever made, itu0026#39;s just a rather boring dull film. So I say Bon Voyage u0026#39;Bon Voyage ( and donu0026#39;t come back)”