Do Not Disturb

1965 "What Should a Girl Do When Opportunity Knocks...Twice?"
5.8| 1h42m| G| en| More Info
Released: 22 December 1965 Released
Producted By: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America
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American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she soon becomes convinced that Mike is carrying on with his attractive new assistant, Claire. Mike also has been spending a considerable amount of time with his British bachelor buddies. Vexed and lonely, Claire hires charming antiques expert Paul to decorate the Harper home and maybe make Mike jealous in the process.

Genre

Comedy, Romance

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Director

Ralph Levy

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20th Century Fox

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Do Not Disturb Audience Reviews

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story
Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
HotToastyRag Normally, it wouldn't be a ringing endorsement to say that the title song is the most memorable part of a movie. However, since Doris Day got her start as a singer and almost always sang the title song during the opening credits of her movies, it's not really an insult. After all, you're watching the movie for her cuteness and her singing, right?Towards the end of Doris's career, she made a string of very silly, stupid comedies in the sixties. When you watch one of them, you feel sorry for her, and when you watch two of them, you wonder why Hollywood was so mean to continually stick her in such terrible movies. After you've seen three of them, you understand why Doris retired early. They're all pretty interchangeable, so if you decide to include Do Not Disturb as one of your three, you'll be in for some very silly gags, raunchy sex jokes between Rod Taylor and Doris that aren't really raunchy anymore, and some themes that will make modern feminists cringe. Women are bad drivers, women are stupid, women embarrass themselves when they get drunk, etc. If you don't include this one in your Doris-Day-made-terrible-movies marathon, at least listen to the song. It's pretty cute!
SimonJack It seems to have been widespread knowledge that Doris Day's third husband, Marty Melcher, lost most of her sizable estate by bad management. And, that as her manager in the mid-1960s until his death, he got her into some lousy films. "Do Not Disturb" surely supports that contention. Only a couple of her late films were very good, and I think this one is the worst film that the wonderfully talented Day ever made. It's not because of her acting, or even the plot. It was an OK idea for a story. The fault in this turkey lies with the script, the direction and the editing. Who wants to see a film in which Doris Day is on screen for half an hour or more getting tipsy – bar hopping and going from one venue to another? She is supposed to flip out with two drinks, but she goes on and on and on drinking champagne. I kept waiting for her to pass out. There is absolutely no humor here, and it quickly becomes boring and aimless. The story seems pieced together and disconnected. There is very little chemistry between Day and co-star Rod Taylor. Their spats and quick turn-arounds don't come off as believable.Day plays Janet Harper in a role that is unusually flighty for her. Taylor is her husband, Mike, who doesn't quite seem to fit into his role as a hard-nosed business manager hired to rescue an ailing British woolen company. The cast for most of the other roles seem wooden at times, unconvincing at other times. Doris Day was one of the most versatile performers of the mid-20th century. She had sung with big bands and had hit tunes on records and the radio. She could dance and act, and was especially good in romantic comedies. She retired from show biz early – at just 51 years of age, when her TV series, "The Doris Day Show" went off the air after six years in 1973. Fans and movie buffs will cherish her best films for decades to come. She deserved much better products than this in her last years of performing.
Uriah43 After his new job requires him to move to London, "Mike Harper" (Rod Taylor) and his wife "Janet" (Doris Day) end up in a large home out in the country. This causes some problems for Mike due to his heavy workload and as a result he also rents a small apartment in London. This causes even further problems when Janet begins to suspect that Mike is having an affair with his assistant, "Claire Hackett" (Maura McGiveney). To rectify this her landlady, "Vanessa Courtwright" (Hermione Baddeley) recommends that she engage in an affair of her own—or at least an imaginary affair in order to make Mike jealous. Although Janet refuses to do this things take on a life of their own when she decides to go to Paris with an interior decorator named "Paul" (Sergio Fantoni) to pick out some badly needed furniture. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I didn't think this was one of Doris Day's better comedies as it lagged for pretty much the first hour or so. Fortunately, it picked up after that and became somewhat interesting from there. Slightly below average.
TheLittleSongbird Now I didn't hate Do Not Disturb, but it was nothing special really. It does have its good points though. I loved the fun title sequence, the catchy title song and the drunk scene in the middle scene. While nothing spectacular, the production values are quite nice and the music is good. And Doris Day, the talented and endearing actress/singer she is, really makes the most of what she has.What I didn't like about Do Not Disturb so much was that Rod Taylor came across as one of Day's more blander co-stars and does resort to overacting. But I think what did hurt the film more was its thin script, predictable plotting(albeit some moderately funny scenes), elephantine pacing and sit-com-ish direction.Overall, Do Not Disturb isn't terrible as such, but it could have been better and Day did deserve much more. 5/10 Bethany Cox