RyothChatty
ridiculous rating
ScoobyMint
Disappointment for a huge fan!
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Ian
(Flash Review)Basic premise is a journalism professor asks a high power newspaper editor to speak at her class. He writes a very rude reply in addition to saying no as it would be a waste of his time. The editor's boss later commands him to go to the class. Now embarrassed by his letter that the teacher read to the whole class, he claims to be a student to hide his shame. He finds the teacher very attractive and begins to hit on her with charm and writing intelligence. He continues to attend class posing as a student. As this progresses, will he come clean about his true identity and if he does, how will the teacher react? Several amusing moments throughout, good acting, smart dialog and nice crisp black and white film stock turn this into a fun little film. Also has some unique perspectives as the 50's began to change into the 60's.
atlasmb
In "Teacher's Pet", Clark Gable plays the part of James Gannon, the City Editor for a large New York City newspaper. He never graduated from high school and had to learn his craft through years of experience, so he has a natural disdain for knowledge learned through schooling and he never fails to display it.He meets Erica Stone (Doris Day), a college journalism instructor, and simultaneously feels an attraction for her and contempt for what she represents. What follows is romance, comedy, and an exploration of the merits of education versus experience.The film has one weakness, which I will dispense with first--Gable's relative age. He's about twenty years older the Day, making things slightly off kilter regarding their personal relationship and their teacher/student relationship.But the film has so much to recommend it. The best aspect of "Teacher's Pet" is the script, written by Michael Kanin (older brother of Garson) and his wife, Fay. The story is so tight and filled with brilliant moments. They deserved their Oscar nomination.Gable does a good job of overcoming the distraction of the age differential. His acting strikes every right chord. Day, likewise, is excellent. Their two characterizations--especially when playing for comedy--fit together flawlessly. Gig Young, who plays another professor, serves as both obstacle and expediter to the central romance. Mamie Van Doren--in a smaller role--plays a less refined acquaintance of Gannon, and gets a chance to sing and strut for comedic effect.For fun, note Jack Albertson at the beginning of the film. And see if you can spot Marion Ross, who later played "Mrs. C" on the television show "Happy Days".I recommend this film to anyone who enjoys romantic comedies and those who enjoy well-crafted writing.
TheLittleSongbird
Teacher's Pet is not absolutely perfect, but I enjoyed it very much. It is overlong, the gender politics I feel have dated and while it is excellent on the whole the script unravels a bit at the end. Still, it looks nice, is very well directed, has good music, a witty script and scenarios and great performances not only from Clark Gable and the lovely Doris Day as they play their parts with obvious boisterous enthusiasm but Gig Young as well as Day's other beau. I also loved the story, it was well written and rarely lagged or felt lame. In conclusion, while flawed, Teacher's Pet is a on the whole delightful comedy that is worth seeing for the leads. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Spikeopath
So yesterday afternoon i'm at home waiting for the telephone repair man to come and fix the dam phone, and i'm thinking there is no point starting a film if i'm to be interrupted half way thru. I flick thru the listings on British satellite and see something called Teacher's Pet, doesn't ring a bell {no phone pun intended}, i click on the info link and it tells me it stars Clark Gable & Doris Day, and the plot summary is a battle of the sexes romantic comedy set around Day's journalist teacher Erica Stone, against Gable's gruff rough and tough newspaper editor James Gannon, also starring Gig Young & Mamie Van Doren, and that Gig Young was nominated for best supporting actor.Still didn't ring any bells {ok the joke is wearing thin now}, so i figure i'll put it on safe in the knowledge that if i get interrupted it wont make a bit of difference since the film can't be any good on account of me not having heard of it before!. Well for the first time ever i was grateful for a service engineer for actually being late because it enabled me to watch this delightful comedy in its entirety. Gable & Day play off each other a treat as Gable goes undercover in Day's journalist class purely to under-mime her, he believes that you can't teach journalism, the only way to become a good journalist is with hard graft on job experience. The tension is evident from the off, but naturally things start to take a turn into the light hearted department as the pair get deeper into the picture.Some truly great comic moments to be found here with Gable showing a particularly rewarding arc in facial expressions, whilst Day is as bright as a button and as beautiful as she ever was. Yet as good as Gable & Day are together {big age difference a minor irritant}, it's Gig Young who walks away with the picture as Gable's potential love rival, his Dr. Hugo Pine is a man who is great at everything, dancing, bongo playing, writing many best selling books, and handsome to boot. Young has a lot of fun playing the character, and probably lays out the funniest portrayal of a man with a hangover ever, it's a wonderful effervescent performance.Teacher's Pet, a hugely enjoyable surprise of a movie 8/10, oh and the phone got fixed as well!.
