Cary Grant stars as Dr. Barnaby Fulton, and absent minded research chemist. He is employed by a company who is trying to invent a miracle drink that will allow people to capture the fountain of youth and become a younger version of themselves. Of course it is one of the monkeys in the lab that actually finds the right formula- not Dr. Fulton.
Charles Coburn plays Oliver Oxley, who is Dr. Fulton's boss. Mr. Oxley's secretary is none other than Marilyn Monroe who plays a very flirtatious and air headed Ms. Lois Laurel. Ginger Rogers plays Dr. Fulton's wife- and really had no business even being in a movie, I just didn't think she did that well. This movie was made before Monroe was a huge star but you could see for sure her beauty and her knack for the camera in this film.
This movie is a really funny for about 20% of the time and falls flat on its face the other 80%. The parts I enjoyed were watching the adult actors pretend to be teenagers again after they took the magic potion. If you are in a really silly mood you might like it, but otherwise you better off cleaning out the garage for the evening. 2 stars for me.
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