When the story begins, Katie and Grant (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) are about to get married. It's an unusual marriage because Katie is a widow with three kids and Grant is getting an instant family. However, he gets a more instant family than he anticipated, as Katie's sister breaks her leg at the wedding and cannot stay to watch the kids while Grant and Katie go on their honeymoon...so they are forced to take them with them on their trip to the Grand Canyon.
The problems are many on the way to the Canyon...and the boys accidentally get left behind at one of the train stations! Now, instead of spending time canoodling at the natural wonder, they don't have a minute together because of the kids. Can it get any worse? Well...yes...when Grant's ex-girlfriend shows up!!
Up until the family arrived at the Grand Canyon, I enjoyed the movie. However, once at the Canyon the film took a huge nose dive. First, the children began behaving abominably...so much it stopped being fun. It's also quite odd that the new couple never really worked out how to parent these brats....and at the Canyon they are indeed brats. This brattishness was not fun to watch. Second, when the ex-girlfriend showed up...ditto. It just stopped being fun and started being frustrating and anything but fun. If an ex-girlfriend showed up on ANYONE'S honeymoon it would be like a declaration of war! Talk about unrealistic and tiresome! As a result, a cute little film soon became tedious and hard to enjoy. It was no longer a comedy nor a romance...just an exercise in frustration and about as much fun as a migraine. Plus, at the end, NONE of these issues had been worked out...leaving the viewer wondering what's next!
