Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation has generally received positive reviews.
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation was released in 1962 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 57 reviews, giving Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation than critics were.
With a score of 67%, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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