Product Details

• Actors: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, John Saxon, Marie Wilson
• Format: Widescreen, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009X75WE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,263 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION - DVD Movie

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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Jimmy Stewart at his comedic best!, January 2, 2004

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Merritt Andrews (Midwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am still amazed at the number of people who haven't seen this movie! Mr. Stewart even narrates, here and there, throughout the story, this wonderful tale of his summer vacation with his family at a rented beach house, along with the family maid. There is a running gag throughout the picture about the plumbing and the maid misunderstands the English language, and Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs try very hard to understand their adorable teen-age daughter (Lauri Peters) who falls in love with an adorable boy (played by none other than Fabian!), who shows up at the local dance and then there's a son who prefers to watch westerns on TV all day and night. There's a sexpot neighbor that lives in a nearby beach house who attempts to read War and Peace, and later the Hobb's daughters show up with the misbehaving grandchildren and want nothing to do with "Boompa", otherwise known as Mr.Hobbs! Don't miss the scene when Jimmy Stewart bird-watches with his son-in-in-law's boss and learns "the proper walk". The chemistry between Maureen O'Hara and James Stewart is so wonderful, it's no wonder they were so successful in several films together! She is so convincing as the jealous wife, especially when Jimmy innocently tries to help his son-in-law's boss's wife (Marie Wilson) while she is in the shower and runs into trouble........don't miss it, you'll laugh all the way through this marvelous movie. Let's hope Twentieth Century Fox soon gives us a widescreen DVD version with extras, like an interview with Maureen O'Hara & Lauri Peters!

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good medicine., August 30, 2002

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Margaret Bauer "hoodsportjo" (Hoodsport, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have seen this movie about ten times. Recently I recommended it to a friend who is going through a depression. It is guaranteed to bring one out of any doldrums. Why? Because it is soooo very
funny!

Scene after scene did in my funny bones. I laughed until my tummy ached. Marvelous are Stewart and O'Hara, but Marie Wilson(Remember "My Friend, Irma") and John McGiver are more than marvelous in their roles. They play a couple of 'supposed to be' tea totlers who are guests in the seaside, summer house rented by Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs played by Stewart and O'Hara. Wilson's steamy shower scene and McGiver's lessons in birdwatching are just about the funniest I have seen on screen in almost sixty years. I place this film with great comedies such as: "The Egg and I." and "As Good As It Gets" "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" IS as good as it ever gets.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a couple of old smoothies on the loose, July 4, 2000

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hardly_b (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really like this movie. Stewart is perfectly cast, and his voice-overs masterful in providing the ironic commentary on the events as they unfold. The scenes between O'Hara and Stewart are flawless ("What did you tell him I had? Dementia Praecox?") -- you don't get to see sophisticated, funny, and warmly affectionate parents in movies lately, and watching them together is a pleasure. Not only are they real pros, but they are obviously having fun together. I just wish that we could have seem more of them as couple, and a lot less of the teenagers.

If you liked the movie you might enjoy the book, too. The tone is similar, but lots of details are different, and I found the humor a bit understated and the protagonist less likable than Stewart's character.