Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (DVD, 2005)

This is a wonderful old movie that my wife and I watch every year at spring time.
Thanks to his family, Mr. Hobbs's (James Stewart) life is about to get a lot more irritating. His insistent wife, Peggy, convinces the fussy Midwest banker to pack up the kids and head for the Pacific shore for a summer vacation. In addition to their four children, the Hobbses also bring along their two married daughters' husbands and two grandchildren. They arrive at a spooky cottage equipped with a mousetrap-like water pump. Then things turn worse. One daughter's egghead spouse splits. The other's horny hubby starts flirting with a babe on the beach. The youngest daughter has an inferiority complex due to her braces, and Hobbs' son thinks Dad's a dork. Eventually Hobbs quits complaining about his clan and realizes Peggy's homilies about familial togetherness actually make sense.

James Stewart stars as Mr Hobbs, a publisher. Who decides to take a vacation with his wife Maureen O'Hare. Together, with their children.
Everything goes, well...until he has to prime the water pump. Then there is
the dance. And his Daughter and her marriage is falling apart. Every day life
seems to close in closer and closer on Hobbs. A vacation that is too put you at rest, seems like you can never get away from your problems. Mr. Hobbs, fairs well through the stormy waters of life. A fantastic family film.
Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Hare are uniquely matched in this film as husband and wife, coping with their children and the unique cureves life throws at us all.

I personally love older movies. I also have my daughter hooked on them as well. Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a great movie about the trials between parents and their children, those who are still at home as well as those who are not at home. Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Hara are wonderful in this movie. The story is told through the eyes of Jimmy Stewart after they get back from the vacation, so you hear him narrating the story as you watch. If you like older movies give this one a try, You should not be disappointed.

Anyone who has ever taken a family vacation will be able to relate to this one.
Jimmy Stewart is hilarious as Mr. Hobbs who gets talked into vacationing with his entire family, including his teenage daughter, young son, two married daughters,the hubbies,the grandchildren and a visit from one of his son-in-laws prospective employers.
Maureen O'Hara is charming as Mrs. Hobbs and does an excellent job of keeping peace amongst the chaos that incurs.

Good family entertainment.

My whole family loves this movie..we have owned it on VHS for a number of years and the VCR finally ate our only copy so we had to buy it on DVD. My son calls his grandfather BOOMPAH just like MR Hobbs son and we got it from this movie..It is an all around fun movie for the whole family..to bad they dont make them like this anymore