Review of The Egg and I (1947) by Matthew O — 17 Mar 2013

Claudette Colbert and Fred McMurray are great!

This review of The Egg and I (1947) was written by Matthew O on 17 Mar 2013.

The Egg and I has generally received positive reviews.

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My all time favorite Movie, I watch this movie several times per year. A true classical family movie…

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By Stel P (170) on 16 May 2008

Fun comedy, though all over the place. You can see how so many later films and TV shows stole mercilessly from moments in this film…

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By Frances Ann A (97) on 14 Jan 2012

Hilarious film of young couple taking on crude rundown farm and bumping into all sorts of hayseed locals and oddballs…

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By Kevin S (2,121) on 04 Nov 2007

In this movie we get introduced to Ma and Pa Kettle...this was the beginning to a series that was so heart warming yet funny too…

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By Kevin M. W (1,682) on 06 Sep 2010

Fun movie... It was cool to see Richard Long (The Nanny and the Professor) he was just a kid! Fun movie for the whole family…

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By Dixie D (4) on 26 Mar 2008

I loved this movie. Good clean family entertainment. I love Ma's phrase It may as well be one place as another…

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By Ruth L (655) on 22 Feb 2008

Very good movie. It set off the popular Ma & Pa Kettle series, but this movie more than stands by itself…

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By Christi M (13) on 01 Jul 2008

Hilarious. Ma and Pa Kettle are one of the great comic parings of the golden age of cinema…

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By Noel P (56) on 17 Jun 2007

This is such a funny film! If you have never watched Ma and Pa Kettle you must! Marjorie Main, is on the dearest actor as Ma Kettle…

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