Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

spinup-543-169812 I loved this movie when I saw it as a young man in the 60's and wish it was available today. Angie Dickinson was at her best and a relatively new face to the screen and most men were just beginning to fall in love with her. There is good humor in it and the plot is quite believable, especially if you have insight into the Italian way of looking at things in small villages especially, it is their whole world especially at this point in history; only 18 years after WW2 and much of Italy hadn't seen modernity particularly in small hamlets. A very entertaining movie with a good representation of actors of the day Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Chevalier, and of course Angie. I would love to have a copy.

moonspinner55 Curvaceous young nurse from America--widowed on her wedding day and possibly still a virgin--is causing male hormones to race and females tempers to burn in a Sicilian village where she's the new midwife. Flora Sandstrom's novel "The Midwife of Pont Clery" becomes tepid showcase for star Angie Dickinson, who looks great riding around town on her Vespa but otherwise doesn't have much pizazz (the film's tagline calls her 'dynamite', yet Dickinson is so polite and low-keyed this is hardly the case). The women rebel against the sexy outsider by withholding lovemaking from their husbands, which might be an understandable reaction if leggy Jessica actually posed a threat to anybody. As it is, the girl is as innocent of her charms as the husbands are guilty of their ogling--though the picture does get a boost when Dickinson decides to fight back and be a flirt. Not to worry, she's already caught the eye of the wealthy, handsome marchese (himself a widower!), which leads to a limp and predictable conclusion. *1/2 from ****

gaynor.wild The basic plot line is that Jessica (Angie Dickinson), who is new in a small Italian village, and is working as a midwife, frightens the town's women. They fear she will steal their husbands, as she is presented as being amazingly alluring to all the men. The main problem with this premise, at least from a man's point of view, is that Silva Koscina, who plays one of the wives, is far more attractive, both facially and overall physically, than Angie Dickinson. (Perhaps the Italian men were mesmerized by Ms. Dickinson's blonde hair.) The women are presented as getting together and planning to deny their husbands sex, in order to prevent pregnancies and therefore drive the midwife out of town. The plots of comedies are expected to be kind of dumb, but this one really takes the cake: they deny both their husbands and themselves any sex, because they are jealous of a new woman? How many women do you know who would react that way? Three stars out of ten, and while I'm at it, Maurice Chevalier really can't sing, can he?

kahiltna Of course my vote comes from when I first saw the movie, but I couldn't agree more with Diane. Is there any way to get that movie on DVD or VHS? Who is in charge of creating them? To whom should one write to spur them on to do it? Anyhow, this is one of the best movies I saw as a preteen. Hilarious. Good conversation material and fun for someone young to view. Have always wanted a Vespa after that movie. Anyhow, thanks Diane, for your comments. No wonder I have never been able to find the movie in video rental stores! Well, let me know if it ever does come out. And now for just a general comment to the website: Curious why one needs to have ten lines of comment. Didn't your English teachers always tell you to be succinct and get as much packed into a paragraph as you possibly could? Something that could easily be said in three sentences loses meaning and impact when it is dragged out into twelve sentences, for instance. Very curious.