Written by James M. Tate / 9/03/2012 / No comments / comedy , disney , fred macmurray , kurt russell , sixties , vera miles
FOLLOW ME, BOYS
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year: 1966 cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Kurt Russell rating: *** |
Lemuel promises when the first opportunity arises he’ll settle down. So a sign outside a drugstore in a Norman Rockwell era small town reading CLERK WANTED is just the ticket.
The first twenty minutes is the most charming – getting to know the gossipy townsfolk, he eventually becomes the first scoutmaster, inspired by lovely local Vera Miles who, like all love interests, dates a real jerk – making her decision for our friendly hero that much easier.
Fred MacMurray leads the troops
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The troop, out on a rural excursion, happen upon military war games, providing slapstick Disney fare that derails the real story about Lemuel and Whitey’s budding relationship: the man needs a son and the boy needs a father.
Then, after another pointless detour about a nice old lady's sanity (keeping Lem and wife from owning lucrative property), the movie skips decade after decade – Whitey becomes a bland married doctor advising Lemuel to retire from the scouts earnestly. And that's too bad…
If the entire movie centered on that initial time frame, and remained on the kids we were getting to know, there’d be much more here to follow.
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