Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Stellead
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
ChampDavSlim
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
sunsplash62
This movie strives to be a family comedy, but there isn't a laugh in it. The cast tries mightily by acting frantic and running around, but to no avail. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean this is not a fun film to watch, if you're in to Baby Boomer culture as I am. The cast is interesting and the cinematography features striking color. There is much underwater footage, as the film was made in cooperation with Miami's SeaQuarium, and the opening and closing credits cry out 1960s. The movie has a Disney quality about it and incorporates the emerging James Bond/computer/electronic gadget era. There are also some catchy bubblegum songs. Of the cast, Harvey Lembeck is wasted and Roddy McDowall is prissily annoying. The movie was filmed in 1968 and released in June 1969, but in style seems as if it was made two or three years earlier. Again, fun to watch, for the wrong reasons.
sullymangolf
Our family was stationed at the Subic Bay Naval Base, in the Philippines back when this movie came out. We had 4 movie theaters on the base and each one was free. There wasn't any T.V. out there except for Philippine stations and they weren't in English. We would go to the movies all the time. The movies would play for a week and then a few months later make their way back. I saw this movie 5 or 6 times on the giant screen and it was always fun. I haven't seen it since on any movie stations. It was a true bubble gum kind of movie. Another movie that made the circuit back in the day was "Where Angels Go Trouble Follows". This was another of the silly 60's era movies that were always fun to watch. Other movies that remind me of the Philippine days are "The Graduate", "The Wild Bunch", "The Thomas Crown Affair", just to name a few. These movies all remind me of the great times we had out in the Philippines.
Steve R. Hastings
It's a goofy lightweight comedy. Mostly it's unremarkable, the kind of movie I'd give a 5 score out of 10. But the underwater scenes, especially the ones with the dolphins, are kind of fun; and it's also kind of fun to see Roddy McDowell, Jim Backus, and Ken Berry hamming it up.There are several groovy 60's pop music songs, the costumes and haircuts are extremely 60's, and the 60's slang is so silly I wonder if they made up half of it. Merv Griffin appears in a cameo as himself. Tony Randall even sings one song!You will probably enjoy seeing it once but you probably won't want to buy a copy. See it sometime when you are in the mood for a large dose of the 1960's.
vjsavannah
This movie was released the year I was born. I was privilege to it some years later as a weekend movie. I have long since tried to find it on VHS. I've even put my wife, (who was 13 at release) on the hunt for the movie. The movie had so many realistic(now) properties in it. Then, it was truly unconceivable of a family living under the sea. I can still hear the song in my head after all these years. Hopefully I'll find this movie to add to my collection. Its definitely a must see with the kids. Can anyone at that time actually believe that we could live under water. I can only say its like the Jetsons leave their high rise and take the plunge into the ocean. The creators had a great for-sight into the future. Who knows, even now; someone may bring up the idea again for a sitcom. Hmmmmmmmm.