Leaves too many questions unanswered

pcali

Like another person who commented, I feel this film leaves too many unanswered questions as to what happened in the years between 1947 and 1958. It was fun to see a few of the original characters (Fay Holden, as Mrs. Hardy, had aged very well!), but the original flavor of the Hardy series was completely lost.  The film does come to a satisfying conclusion, however.

One comment regarding archive footage used in the film:  I've seen it said repeatedly that the footage of Mickey and Judy was from "Love Finds Andy Hardy", when actually the footage was taken from "Babes in Arms" and adapted with "dubbed-over" names.  The footage seems to indicate that Andy and Betsy Booth were more romantically involved than they were in the earlier Hardy films.  However, Mickey and Judy are always a treat to watch, whatever the film clip.

Although this film provides some closure, it seems it was intended to begin a new generation of Andy Hardy films; thankfully, film makers left well enough alone after this entry.

score 5/10

pcali 23 April 2003

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0063435/