Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' son. After getting fired from her job, she finds an adorable baby on the steps of the foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Fisher, well-meaning, but obtuse, tries to help her out with the baby, and the buds of romance begin to appear. Meanwhile old Merlin, the owner of the store, thinks he just might be a grandfather...
Bundle of Joy has generally received positive reviews.
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Bundle of Joy was released in 1956 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Bundle of Joy (1956) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 30%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Bundle of Joy a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 64%, Bundle of Joy is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1956, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1956 with similar scores include films like The Ten Commandments and Godzilla, King of the Monsters!.
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