Seems like Cary Grant is always getting into trouble, usually relating to a woman, through no fault of his own. As in this film, he is the victim of circumstances. Here, 42 year old Cary, as playboy Dick Nugent, is the object of a sudden infatuation by 17(actually 19) year old Shirley Temple(Susan): an ambitious and snobby high school senior. She wants to show that she is mature enough and attractive enough to turn the head of a still attractive charming playboy, old enough to be her father. She puts lots of gusto into her pursuit of Cary, who doesn't want to look silly dating a high school girl. Myrna Loy plays Shirley's much older guardian sister(42 vs. 19 in real life), Margaret, who serves as a judge and lives with Shirley. Actually, Myrna looks and acts more like Shirley's mother. There is much disagreement among reviewers whether Myrna should have bean characterized as her sister or mother. Evidently, she is an attractive old maid who is married to her job, although she has a boyfriend, played by Rudy Valley, who is the district attorney. In the first half of the film, Myrna dislikes Cary, partly because he was an accused in her court, partly because her sister became infatuated with him, sneaking into his apartment, awaiting his return. In approximately the last half of the film, Myrna gradually warms up to him and he to her, although they are hesitant to admit such to each other or others. Rudy, as Myrna's boyfriend, has several run ins with Cary. In the last one, he tries to arrest Cary just before he gets on a plane, in a secret rendezvous with Myrna, arranged by Ray Collins: a psychiatrist, originally called to work with Shirley. Ray turns the tables, providing a lie that causes Rudy to be arrested by an airport security guard. Cary and Myrna board the plane together. End of story.The previous year, Shirley costarred with debonair Franchot Tone, Cary's age, in a somewhat similar screenplay for "Honeymoon". In one segment, Shirley bumps her head and begins chasing Tone around the room, seemingly dumping her fiancé. Tone also costarred in another somewhat similar film: "That Night with You", in which 21 year old Suzanna Foster replaced Shirley. In each of these films, the message was that the May-December relationship was 'sick'. Of course, there were plenty of Hollywood films with a comparable age spread that got past the censor board. and weren't characterized as being sick. To take one example, 16 y.o. Joan Leslie was paired with 40 y.o. Gary Cooper, in "Sergeant York", and with 42 y.o. James Cagney, in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". Heck, my wife is 21 years younger than I am, and we've been together for 27 years. True, this won't work out well for everyone, and tends to have disadvantages after a few decades. As at least one reviewer said, this film is more cute than a riotous comedy. Shirley is certainly cute, still with her dimples. Both she and Cary were charming when not being harassed. Yes, Shirley tended to overact in some parts, but that usually resulted in comedy. Sort of reminds me of her little girl films: always trying to worm her way into the heart of some father figure, she usually being cast as an orphan, and always trying to act more mature than her years.

A teenage girl (Shirley Temple) develops a crush on an older man (Cary Grant). Her older sister is a judge, played by Myrna Loy. When Temple sneaks into Grant's apartment and places him in trouble with the law, her sister suggests a plea bargain where Grant has to date the teenager in order to cure her of her infatuation. Yeah, the plot is total nonsense but just turn your brain off and enjoy it for what it is. It was made in simpler times. Fun movie with great performances from Grant and Loy. Temple is lots of fun too. Probably her best role post-childhood. I first saw it when I was a teenager and it didn't do much for me. I thought the plot was ridiculously far-fetched. I kept looking at it through modern eyes about how "serious" the theme is when you get right down to it and yet the movie treated it all so lightly. I've seen it a few times since as an adult and I've grown to appreciate it more. Lots of great lines and a generally pleasant tone throughout. It's not my favorite comedy from Grant or Loy but it's a good one.

A comedy that's cuter than it is funny, but it's enjoyable all the same. Cary Grant stars as a playboy painter who becomes the object of a crush by teenager Shirley Temple. Temple's older sister (Myrna Loy), a judge (a woman judge, even!) doesn't approve whatsoever. You can see where this is going from frame one. Loy's role is the film's major weakness. She feels like she doesn't belong in the film, and is generally such a wet blanket that you never want her to end up with fun-loving Grant. Not that you want him ending up with Temple, either, but his interactions with Temple are the film's highlight. Loy's role is just an excuse for the film to come up with tons of sexist jokes about how she wouldn't be so high and mighty if she'd just land herself a husband. Co-starring Rudy Vallee.

The slang of teenagers back in this era make this a "cute" movie that is humorous. It isn't just the teens that are fun to here: Cary Grant delivers a lot of funny lines himself. The screenplay to this movie won an Academy Award so you know the dialog is pretty good.The story is a lightweight and goofy one but would appeal to many people. It's a little slow at first but once Shirley Temple (now in late teens) begins to get a crush on Grant, it picks up. However, be warned that especially with comedies the humor often appears dated decades later, and this surely does, too.It's not what I'd call "hilarious," but it's a pleasant film and one of the few good ones featuring Temple as a young lady. Almost all of her memorable films were when she was a youngster in the 1930s. This gets passable grades, however.