I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This Preston Sturges comedy was way ahead of it's time, what with the storyline being about (almost) unwed Motherhood. Betty Hutton, who dosen't sing a note in this turns in a hilarious performance as Trudy, matched by Eddie Bracken. Another standout in this is William Demeraest who is a howl as Trudy"s Father. I understand that this film was held up for two years by the censors before it was allowed to be released. Given that this was the 1940's it is not surprising. The advanced storyline would hold up today if someone decided to do a remake. See this if you want nothing more than to laugh out loud at true comedy classic.

I am astonished every time I see this film that it was ever released, despite the prestige of Preston Sturges as its director. The very notion that a comedy could be made in the war-time forties about a woman who may ---or may not--- be legally married to a soldier whose name she can't remember after an evening of dancing and "lemonade" and who becomes exceptionally pregnant as a consequence is mind-boggling. But, we should be grateful that it slipped under the censors' noses because it is still as smart and subversive now as it was then. Even the cameo appearances of Donleavy and Tamiroff are a witty commentary on Sturges's earlier political satire, the Great McGinty.A great movie, to be seen more than once and savored, particularly for how it bloomed in an era that might have been inclined to suppress it.

I found this to be a mildly funny and extremely fast paced screwball comedy. Betty Hutton is quite cute in her portrayal of Trudy Kockenlocker. Yes, that's her name. And yes, there are quite a few phonetic gymnastics required in the crazy dialogue. There's "Ignatz Ratzkywatzky" - the so called husband Trudy marries on a whim after a night of partying with soldiers about to ship out. But the problem is, she can't exactly remember his name and used a fake name for herself. So, she can't find proof of the marriage and is devastated when she learns she is pregnant.I'm not sure I like the humor poked at having a unknown marriage partner, and a resulting pregnancy. But I'm sure things happened like that during the war as boys were being shipped out.The dad is very funny and is played by William Demarest (male nanny from "My Three Sons". His pratfalls, at his age, are quite impressive and are probably some of the funnier moments in the movie for me. And the younger sister, played by Diana Lynn, is very wise beyond her years. Quite a mature performance for such a young girl.

What a disappointment! I'd been wanting to see "Miracle of Morgan's Creek" for YEARS. I LOVE "Lady Eve" and ESPECIALLY "Sullivan's Travels." But this one I found loud, obnoxious and unfunny. Brian Donlevy as "McGinty" was about the only thing I liked. Oh...and Diana Lynn as the little sister - very droll.The cast is a big part of the problem, I think. Consider the actors in the Sturges movies I love - Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, the great Joel McCrea; even Veronica Lake was a real talent. I'm sorry, but as far as I can tell, Betty Hutton is just loud and energetic - not funny. (It always makes me so sad that we got stuck with her instead of Judy Garland in "Annie Get Your Gun.") As for Bracken - just unable to carry the film. I love William Demarest in a number of other films, but here he's just loud and even somewhat violent and unpleasant.A lot of the laughs are SUPPOSED to be in the physical comedy - pratfalls, double takes, etc. I never even grinned. The situation, the speed of the movie - I see how they're all POTENTIALLY hilarious. But, for me, it just never happened.