Jason Robards does a masterful job as the irrepressible Murray M. Burns. An unemployed children’s television writer, he absolutely cannot stand to do work, of any sort. He is a non-conformist. He cannot stand being caged in, or feeling that anyone is impinging on his natural American freedom.
He pities all those he sees going to work in the morning, and would rather go goof off. He’s really just a big kid, who never really realized what the nature of adulthood is. He is also living with his nephew, Nick, who is going to school and loving life with his uncle. Until the Child Welfare police come to his door.
It’s lots of laughs as Murray has to scramble to find a way to appease the Board but not sacrifice is must-have freedom. He also starts romancing one of the welfare workers, which has it’s own strange consequences.
All in all, it’s a terrific flick, based on an original play, and has sort of a nice moral lesson at the end, althought the ending is a bit on the sad side. I give this movie a 2 because I too am a non-conformist.
He pities all those he sees going to work in the morning, and would rather go goof off. He’s really just a big kid, who never really realized what the nature of adulthood is. He is also living with his nephew, Nick, who is going to school and loving life with his uncle. Until the Child Welfare police come to his door.
It’s lots of laughs as Murray has to scramble to find a way to appease the Board but not sacrifice is must-have freedom. He also starts romancing one of the welfare workers, which has it’s own strange consequences.
All in all, it’s a terrific flick, based on an original play, and has sort of a nice moral lesson at the end, althought the ending is a bit on the sad side. I give this movie a 2 because I too am a non-conformist.
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