Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Tweekums Stanley Banks is looking forward to enjoying a little freedom a year after his daughter, Kay, has got married but that is short-lived when he learns that he is to become a grandfather. He is far from overwhelmed at the prospect but his wife and the other grandparents to be are overjoyed… to the extent that they start to take over from Kay; giving their ideas of what the baby should be named among other things. There are some hiccoughs before the baby, a boy, is born then Stanley is a little put out by the fact that the little one gets on with the rest of the family but cries the moment he sets eyes on him.I was a little concerned that having not seen 'Father of the Bride' this might be a little hard to get into; thankfully it didn't matter at all. The story is fun with a decent number of laughs throughout. It isn't plot heavy; more a series of mostly amusing events that take place between the announcement that Kay is pregnant and the christening of the child. There is some drama although I doubt anybody will think things won't be resolved fairly quickly. Spencer Tracy does a fine job as Stanley Banks; this is very much his film as he is rarely off screen. He is ably supported by Joan Bennett as his wife Ellie and Elizabeth Taylor as Kay. Overall I'd recommend this to fans of older films who want a fun film which contains no offensive material.

Dalbert Pringle Released in 1951 - This somewhat ditzy Chick Flick/Comedy starred the radiant, 19 year-old Elizabeth Taylor whose beauty, alone, wasn't enough to hold its obviously rushed and weak-scripted story together as a whole.Father's Little Dividend, which was a sequel to Father Of The Bride, was, above all else, a Spencer Tracy vehicle. Here Tracy revised his role of Stanley Banks whose daughter, Kay (the eldest of his 3 children) had married Buckley Dunstan, a stuffy, young man whom he didn't (and still doesn't) particularly approve of.In this film, Kay, who has now been happily married to Buckley for a year, excitedly announces, to one and all, that she's pregnant.Instead of joy, this news puts Stanley into a miserable snit because it's now going to make him a grandfather, which is something that he secretly resents.There's lots of unnecessary bickering and confusion going on in this one's story. And there's one really terrible scene (which is supposed to generate the biggest laughs) where (once the baby boy has been born) Stanley takes his infant grandson out in the carriage for a walk and, due to sheer neglect, actually loses him in broad daylight.Father's Little Dividend was a poorly-conceived picture on all counts.Directed by Vincente Minnelli, it was filmed in b&w, with a running time of only 82 minutes.

Syl The film has a first rate cast but second rate writing and third rate filming. The film is nearly six years old but looks much like something from the 1930s or 1940s in the early years of black and white sound cinema. Despite the poor quality, the film's stars Spencer Tracy who returns as Stanley Banks who he played Father of the Bride. His wife is played by the wonderful Joan Bennett, another great Hollywood actress, and his daughter is played by none other than Dame Elizabeth Taylor as Kay, a newlywed who is going to have a baby with her new husband. There are some moments in the film that are amusing and there are some errors particularly about the baby's name. Anyway, I love Billie Burke as the mother-in-law. The cast is fine. The writing could be better and the film quality could be much better. The story is entertaining and was updated but you can't match the casting with an updated version. That's the difference. Spencer Tracy is lovable as the loving father of daddy's little girl who grows up, gets married, and has a baby of her own with her new husband. Elizabeth Taylor gives a decent performance as Kay but it's really Spencer's film after all.

wes-connors At first, I was hoping "Father's Little Dividend" was going to be about Joan Bennett's character becoming pregnant; then, Spencer Tracy dealing with a new baby of his own! In the beginning of the film, Mr. Tracy shows some very amorous interest/contact with Ms. Bennett; and, she certainly looks young enough to be pregnant. I guess Tracy and Bennett were being "careful"; because, all too predictably, Elizabeth Taylor becomes the expectant.I see the "middle class" Banks' still employ their maid "Delilah"; despite their worries about money, they didn't have to "let her go" after the wedding bills rang... This is a pleasant enough sequel, but having "the stork" visit Bennett & Tracy, instead of Taylor & Taylor, might have made "Father's Little Dividend" (1951) even better than the original "Father of the Bride" (1950). ****** Father's Little Dividend (1951) Vincente Minnelli ~ Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor