Admirable film.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Rod Taylor and Doris Day team up again after Do Not Disturb in another sixties, silly, stupid comedy. She made some very dated movies towards the end of her career, but this one might take the cake. Both Doris and Rod play scientists, and about half of the gags include futuristic gags that malfunction or seem to be outrageously riské. The twist that drives the plot is the is-she-or-isn't-she question Rod faces: Doris might be a Russian spy. No, you're not the only one who thinks the idea that Doris Day might be a scientist-and a spy-is ridiculous.Using every trick in the book from pie-throwing to scantily-clad costumes, The Glass Bottom Boat tries very hard to entertain the audience, but unfortunately it fails miserably. It's the type of movie that someone who hates old movies will cite as his reason for despising the sixties and everything it stood for. Thankfully, there were actually some good movies to come out of the decade, but The Glass Bottom Boat isn't one of them.

"The Glass Bottom Boat" offers what, in the mid-1960s, was a powerhouse cast. Some of the stars are still remembered today. Dick Martin and Dom DeLuise, for instance; and Paul Lynde, whose presence was guaranteed to brighten up any dull movie.Some stars have, over the years, lost their lustre. Arthur Godfrey's, for instance. The comedy team Bob & Ray once poked fun at Arthur Godfrey by saying he seemed to be on every station all day long. Godfrey was an early form of Dick Clark. A television pioneer, he was probably most famous during his day for "Talent Scouts," though his credits at the time were numerous.Eric Fleming also has flowed through the fingers like the sands of time. It was Fleming and not Clint Eastwood who was the top-billed star of the then-popular show "Rawhide." Whether Fleming would have gone on to any sort of movie career is unknown since he drowned the same year "Glass Bottom Boat" was released.John McGiver and Edward Andrews are also welcome faces to movie buffs. Though probably most famous for appearances in "Sixteen Candles" and "Gremlins" Andrews had a long and industrious career as a supporting actor.What of the real stars, who are meant to carry the movie? Doris Day is Doris Day. Her acting range was minimal but she was all right if you liked that sort of thing. Her biggest selling point was her singing but, apart from the title song, she has little opportunity to exert her lungs. Though the DVD shows her in some sort of exotic dancing outfit, she's only in it for a few seconds of screen time.As for Rod Taylor, despite anchoring several well-known features (including "Separate Tables" and George Pal's "The Time Machine"), I've always found him an actor lacking in charisma. Early on in "GBB" he has his shirt off. I suppose beef-cake is his biggest selling point. To me, his best acting job was the voice work he did in Disney's animated "101 Dalmations." The Glass Bottom Boat itself has little screen time. This is not a movie about oceanography, though that might have made it interesting. It's a movie about space. In the 1960s, space was the big thing, and everyone from Gregory Peck ("Marooned") to Don Knotts ("the Reluctant Astronaut") were making pictures about astronauts.The movie seems to be about some aspect of the space program, with spies trying to get their hands on some gismo or the other. The actual plot hardly matters. It's just an excuse to let grown people run around like children. And not-too-bright children, at that. I had just turned five when this movie came out, and I didn't want to see it. My parents and brother went, but I protested and spend a lovely evening with my grandmother instead. Viewing it at last as an adult, I believe I made the right decision.The best thing that can be said about "The Glass Bottom Boat" is that it is innocuous, with some very funny stuff interspersed in all the other goings-on.

This is a fantastic movie! I had heard of the title, and had it on my list of must-gets, even though I had never actually watched it before. I finally picked it up for $1.00 in a charity shop. This is exactly the kind of picture that I enjoy; a great cast in a romantic comedy, with lots of laugh-out-loud antics thrown in. I was surprised at how good Rod Taylor is in this. He's not my favourite actor, but he and Doris have great chemistry in this movie, and they are ably assisted by the likes of Paul Lynde, Dom DeLuise, Edward Andrews, John McGiver, and Dick Martin thrown in for good measure. With those names on the bill you already know that you're in for a heck of a treat, but this picture goes above and beyond! There's slapstick galore throughout, and it's almost as though Frank Tashlin said "Now, Doris and Rod, you say your lines, and these other guys are just going to do their thing and you just go with it, and I'm going to keep rolling, o.k.?" I mean, I know that there was a script, but it just feels as though sometimes they threw it away!! The movie is fast-paced, witty, sometimes predictable, but always wonderfully entertaining. Paul Lynde is such a crack-up that you can imagine the whole cast and crew falling about in hysterics many times over while filming this. There are also several appearances by the familiar face of Alice Pearce who plays her usual nosey neighbour character, as she does in many of Doris's movies. I love this picture, and it is now one of my favourites!! I think you will like it too. It's a great movie for the whole family from a time when Hollywood made great pictures! Pity they don't make good stuff like this now! 10/10.

We visited Catalina 2 weeks ago. (Oct. 2006) The current Glass Bottom Boat operation claims that the actual glass bottom boat used in the movie is float in the harbor. In fact, they report to use the old boat in peak season.This is contrary to the statement on the IMDb website which reports "Trivia" that the boat sank earlier in 2006 off the coast of LA. The IMDb story reports that the vessel was en-route to San Francisco to become a restaurant. The glass bottom boats are hardly big enough to be a restaurant. I suspect that someone confused the ferry boat or some other vessel with the actual Glass Bottom Boat.