UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Numerootno
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Iseerphia
All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Lee Eisenberg
Another so-called educational film starring a bunch of pasty white people. The topic of "Body Care and Grooming" is personal hygiene, and it's the sort of movie that will likely make anyone want to ditch hygiene as an act of defiance.Sure enough, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" tears it to shreds. There's a "Psycho" reference and sexual stuff added. I keep wondering if, when these shorts first got made, people heckled them like the Satellite of Love crew does. Even if a lot of the country was trying to be really wholesome, someone had to have laughed at the movie's mindless optimism. As the "MST3K" showed, doing so would be the only way to avoid going crazy while watching this crap.
Michael_Elliott
Body Care and Grooming (1946) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Another educational short, this one dealing with college kids and how they should keep their bodies clean. There are a few funny moments and this here comes off interesting whereas the others have been pretty boring. Did you know in 1946 it was thought that you should only wash your hair once every two weeks? Yeah.Getting Along with Parents (1953) * 1/2 (out of 4) Extremely lazy educational short explains why some parents won't let their teens do anything they want when it comes to spending money. Horrible acting, silly stories and just an all around bad film.
Torgo_Approves
(r#19)Having watched Body Care and Grooming, I'm not quite sure what to believe anymore. It's like the entire world has been turned up-side-down. Until this day, I was convinced that nothing was more important in my life than keeping a good posture. Now I've seen this short film and suddenly it's washing my face that I should worry about? I better keep doing the knee test, just in case.This 40's short (oh, what a great period for "life for dummies" short films this was!) teaches us that if you're not good-looking, you might as well blow your brains out because you're never going to be of any use, ever, to anyone, and no one will ever like you. Having spread this uplifting message, a narrator with all the charm of a greasy McDonalds worker teaches us how skin works, why we sweat, and how to stay clean. It's stupid, shallow and dated as hell, but also pretty amusing for all the wrong reasons.Remember: socks that have slid down your ankles a bit might mean the end of your social life! So be careful.
icehole4
This short film, like many of its time, is quite dated and pretty boring. It shows one how to properly groom oneself every day. The thing that shoots it down is some pretty bad acting from all involved, and a narrator who is both annoying, boring, and obscenely cheerful at the same time.Avoid unless you're watching MST3K.Lookie ma! Another #1!