This is an out and out example of plagiarism, at its worst. The story is based upon the earlier film from the late 1940's called "Mr Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse" that starred Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvin Douglas. That film is chock full of sophisticated humor and even slapstick comedy as only the incomparable Cary Grant could perform. Myrna Loy is constant as his seductive but loyal wife and Melvin Douglas as her old college boyfriend who was beat out by Cary. This later adaptation, if you care to call it that for the purpose of keeping it clean, is a writer's and director's mulligan stew of ineptness, not to mention the sophomoric performances of the leading "actors". For me it's like comparing a fine vintage wine with sewer water. Why don't these "indies" really act like indies and write their own stories to screw up instead of messing around with something that was done perfectly the first time around? Miss this one like the plague!
Review of The Money Pit
