Bon Voyage 'Bon Voyage ( and don't come back), 15 September 2008
Let's See. On board for 'Bon voyage' is my mother's favorite actor 'Fred MacMurray'. There is actress and Ronald Regan's ex 'Jane Wyman'. Disney maverick's 'Tommy Kirk' and 'Kevin Anthony "Moochie" Corcoran' are on board as well. And then there is Deborah Walley, who I never heard of before, but who seems like she's a good actress.
This group of actors makes up the Willard family. The Willard family travel on a cruise boat to Paris for a family vacation.
The weather forecast for this trip is a wholesome Disney atmosphere. The vacation plans include many wacky situations including one involving Fred getting lost in the sewers of Paris. It includes Fred almost getting arrested for causing a scene at a restaurant. During the course of events throughout the film, Fred has some conversations with a few relatives who have never meet him. During the discourse they explain to him horrible it is that Jane Whyman's character has married of all things 'A plumber'. He slyly reveals that he is the plumber much to their shocked snobbery surprise. Overall there is the interesting sitcom premise that dominates the picture and the events strewn throughout the picture.
The concept of a funny family vacation was also used as the basis for 'National Lampoon's European Vacation' and produced a much funnier film. The concept used in ‘Bon Voyage' produced a rather dull and boring movie. NLEV is crude in several parts and is not worth letting your kids watch unless you find a way to severely edit out all the inappropriate parts. Despite great comedic moments it’s not worth recommending due to the moral decay on the passport. Despite the cleaner friendly film, ‘Bon Voyage’ is not the better equivalent. This isn't a Disney film worth adding to your collection or renting either unless you're an absolute die hard Disney or Fred MacMurray fan.
With Fred MacMurray you expect better work. His character is annoying which makes the storyline annoying. When a man hits on his wife instead of hitting him, he guzzles down booze and gets upset at his wife because a guy is flirting with her. He does finally sock the guy, so justice wins out in the end, even though you have to wait for it to happen while enduring his whining about the flirtatious man. The melodrama from the other characters that bubbles up from this film is also annoying and leaves you wondering about the deeper storyline that they never reveal but hint at. Even if they did you probably wouldn't care anyway.
The Disney magic does not flow upon everything that it does. This is not the worst film ever made or the worst film Disney ever made, it's just a rather boring dull film. So I say Bon Voyage 'Bon Voyage ( and don't come back)
Interestingly this film was adapted to comic book form.
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