|
Mating Game | 
 enlarge | Director: George Marshall
Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Category: Video
List Price: $19.98
Buy Used: $18.29
You Save: $1.69 (8%)
New (6) Used (14) Collectible (1) from $18.29
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 6448
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302641969
UPC: 027616304834
EAN: 9786302641967
ASIN: 6302641969
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: January 27, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Original Tape in Good Condition Half of the Original Box Is Faded All Items Guaranteed
|
| Customer Reviews:
 A crash course on taxing theory November 28, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
In fact I am not under 13 -it's just that I happen to have an old computer and the new protocols' rampant paranoia is simply preventing me from openly and honestly expressing my views. {To the site administrators: as the famous 'Rebel Without A Cause' quote goes, "You read too many comics!"...}
Now let's go straight to the point of it:
Most laypeople have polarized views about taxes -they either disregard the whole matter or become paralyzed by their fear of what they perceive as a Kafkian chaos.
'Mating Game' should be adopted as an introductory exercise by high-school and IRS extension courses since it gives revealing insight on the rationale behind general taxing theory and procedures, as well as their articulation with the whole of the legal system (federal and otherwise jurisdictional).
 Let's Talk Government May 6, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Mating Game is a fun but somewhat tedious film about a family who has not paid taxes their whole lives. They live with little income; they trade to get what they need for their large family. When the IRS discovers that they have never contributed to the government, a man goes to audit them. He finds it very difficult to determine what they owe due to their strange way of living and the fact that the teenage daughter (Debbie Reynolds) won't stop manhandling him. To make matters even more frustrating- for him at least- is that the family keeps bringing up that the government owes them payment for horses taken during the Civil War.
The movie can make you think about the way the government works, a somewhat corrupt and unfair system. Although taxes paid for the IRS workers' car, it is considered taboo for the taxpayers to even touch it. The debt to the family from the Civil War is laughed at, but yet the taxes owed for a few decades are of the highest importance. However, these issues are barely touched upon due to the jovial nature of the film.
The cast is great, especially Reynold's whose youthful vibrance lights up the screen whether she's running around shrieking or seducing older men.
Overall, this is not a bad way to waste some time, but it isn't overly inspiring or exciting.
Cute! July 31, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yes this is a cute movie and was amusing and as a fan of Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall it was worth watching even though the character who Debbie Reynolds played was kind of annoying at times I still enjoyed the movie.
THOSE FABULOUS FIFTIES! February 25, 2002
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
A slightly risque farce [for that time] about Tax Guy Tony Randall investigating 'unpaid taxes' [something about the Civil War] and spending some time on the Larkin farm with young Debbie and the rest of the brood. Oh, there's just something about that fresh country air! Tony Randall says volumes with just a gesture here and there but keep away from the moonshine - that's when things really become complicated, and he is not quite sure, or cannot quite recall just what happened in the barn......was it?Great support from Paul Douglas and Una Merkel as Pa and Ma Larkin. Truly a great romp on the widescreen with Debbie Reynolds - always providing the fun! Quite a joy on a gloomy day! Great double-bill with Debbie as "Tammy" [the one and only original!].
Debbie Reynolds...she made the movie worth seeing! April 30, 1999
I was just a teenager when I saw this movie, when it first came out. I loved it. I fell in love with Debbie Reynolds...but so did most of the guys my age back then. Tony Randall was great! It is a very old fashioned movie, one that made you laugh, and in the end one that made you feel good. We need more movies like that today. I have to say, being able to own the movie myself, and being able to watch it again, will be great. I'm going to order a copy...but, don't count on being able to borrow it, I'm going to be watching it too much, and then having my children watch it, too. They are going to love it, just like me.
|
|
|
video game stores
Copyright ©2006-2007 All rights reserved.
| Links | |
Computer Games, Video Games, PC Games, Computer Video Games, Xbox, Xbox Games, Playstation 2, PS2, PS2 Games, PSP, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Grand Theft Auto, Warcraft, Action Games, Kid's Games, Children's Games, Dreamcast, Battlefield 2, Sims, Madden, Warcraft
Shipping Information Privacy Policy Disclaimer plasma tv review plasma tv reviews uk digital picture frame digital camera review canon digital cameras sony ericsson music videos garden furniture video games stores
|
|
|
|
| |
