Up until the 'hilarious finale' I rather enjoyed this Joe E. Brown comedy. However, the ending was pretty dumb and really disappointed me....and I hope you can look past it and enjoy the movie.
When the story begins, Joe Bolton (Brown) has arrived back in the US after having lived in China for some time. Soon, he falls in with some society folks and there's a lady he wants to impress...so he pretends that he is an experienced polo player. Not surprisingly, his big mouth soon gets him in all sorts of trouble when they try to get him to play. Not wanting to be discovered, he comes up with a scheme to get out of it. Does it work? No...which leads to him playing in the big match.
The first portion of the film was pretty good and it was interesting to see Brown singing and talking in Chinese. As far as I know, it might have all been gibberish...and it would be interesting to know which it is. But the ending just made no sense at all and having the entire story depend on this finale was a mistake...at least how they handled it. It all comes off as ridiculous, to put it mildly.
When the story begins, Joe Bolton (Brown) has arrived back in the US after having lived in China for some time. Soon, he falls in with some society folks and there's a lady he wants to impress...so he pretends that he is an experienced polo player. Not surprisingly, his big mouth soon gets him in all sorts of trouble when they try to get him to play. Not wanting to be discovered, he comes up with a scheme to get out of it. Does it work? No...which leads to him playing in the big match.
The first portion of the film was pretty good and it was interesting to see Brown singing and talking in Chinese. As far as I know, it might have all been gibberish...and it would be interesting to know which it is. But the ending just made no sense at all and having the entire story depend on this finale was a mistake...at least how they handled it. It all comes off as ridiculous, to put it mildly.