Although billed as a musical comedy, I didn't find this movie to be outrageously funny. It had a few chuckles in it, but nothing more. Having said that, it is a very pleasant movie to watch with some very good songs (particularly those sung by Barbra Streisand, who played Daisy Campbell.)
Daisy is a young woman who seeks the assistance of Dr. Chabot (Yves Montand), who specializes in hypnosis, to help her quit smoking. In the course of their hypnotherapy sessions, Chabot discovers that Daisy has had past life experiences, and she has already admitted to him that she has strange "psychic" powers. She knows when telephones are about to ring, she can read thoughts, she can cause her flowers to grow at rapid rates. In fact, she's so psychic that all Chabot has to do is think of hypnotizing her and she's out.
Chabot is at first a skeptic, but in the course of exploring these past lives (without Daisy's knowledge; she still assumes that she's going under just to deal with her smoking) he becomes fascinated by Melinda (who lived in the early 1800's in London.) From there the relationship between the two develops, and the movie turns out to be a love story with an interesting twist. A decent supporting cast featuring the likes of Bob Newhart, Simon Oakland and a very young Jack Nicholson make this entertaining. If you're looking for a lot of laughs, this isn't what you want, but if you'd just like a pleasant, mildly amusing and well-paced story with some good music you'll enjoy it.
Overall I rate this as a 6/10.
Daisy is a young woman who seeks the assistance of Dr. Chabot (Yves Montand), who specializes in hypnosis, to help her quit smoking. In the course of their hypnotherapy sessions, Chabot discovers that Daisy has had past life experiences, and she has already admitted to him that she has strange "psychic" powers. She knows when telephones are about to ring, she can read thoughts, she can cause her flowers to grow at rapid rates. In fact, she's so psychic that all Chabot has to do is think of hypnotizing her and she's out.
Chabot is at first a skeptic, but in the course of exploring these past lives (without Daisy's knowledge; she still assumes that she's going under just to deal with her smoking) he becomes fascinated by Melinda (who lived in the early 1800's in London.) From there the relationship between the two develops, and the movie turns out to be a love story with an interesting twist. A decent supporting cast featuring the likes of Bob Newhart, Simon Oakland and a very young Jack Nicholson make this entertaining. If you're looking for a lot of laughs, this isn't what you want, but if you'd just like a pleasant, mildly amusing and well-paced story with some good music you'll enjoy it.
Overall I rate this as a 6/10.