KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Fredrick Stafford I am a fan of the early Hope-Crosby "Road" pictures and thought to give this a look.Even by 1960 standards the plot is hooky and contrived. The "humor" is a series of long runs for very short slides and watching Bing flirt with young co-eds and "woo" an attractive Professor twenty years his junior is painful if not laughable.Bing, as the middle aged man who goes back to college and shows the younger generation he's still "hip," looks REALLY REALLY tired and in poor health in this film. He actually looks more like he should be checking into a hospital than flawlessly pulling off a series of amazing physical feats. So be prepared to suspend belief with extreme prejudice.Fabian, who my parents informed me was somewhat of a "knock-off" Elvis/Ricky Nelson, is quite forgettable.A young Yvonne Craig who went on to play Batgirl in the television series is fairly cute and charming.There's also running "pratfall" gag with Gavin MacLeod that is unfunny and lame.It is almost inconceivable that Blake Edwards sandwiched this clunker in between Operation Petticoat and Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I guess even the greats have the occasional embarrassment.

bkoganbing This is one of the best Bing Crosby's later films. He only gets to sing two songs in it, The Second Time Around and It Came Upon A Midnight Clear during a Christmas hayride with some of the rest of his younger cast members.Bing is 53 year old Harvey Howard, self made millionaire restaurant franchise owner, who's decided to go back and do a lot of the things he missed when he was younger which included a college education. That in itself is an intriguing character for me. I've met a lot of self made types in my life who think because they are successful and make a lot of money in one field, they're omni-competent. Just the fact that Harvey Howard IS going back to college to improve himself intellectually and broaden his horizons is a plus for me with this character.I read an interview with Fabian once who said that Bing was great to work with and put him right at ease. Fabian had just done one feature film called Hound Dog Man and it was less than a success. After High Time he went on to a pretty good career in films during the sixties.The Second Time Around was the last of 15 songs that Bing introduced in films that was nominated for an Academy Award, a record not likely to be broken. It lost to Never On Sunday. It was a million selling song, but ironically not by Bing. Frank Sinatra took the song and he made it a big hit, probably the only time in Bing's career this ever happened.The kids are just fine, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer (a year away from West Side Story)Patrick Adiarte. Gavin MacLeod has some very funny moments as Bing's comic nemesis and absent minded chemistry professor and Nicole Maurey strikes the right note as the French teacher that widower Crosby falls for.A really great feel good movie.

joe-495 Although I have not seen this film for more years than I can recall, it was so memorable that I think of it frequently and wish that I could see it again. Too bad that so few (if any) films of this quality and calibRE seem to be made any more. The theme song, "Love is lovelier the second time around" was an Academy Award nominee or winner I believe and deservedly so. High Time would be one of fewer than a dozen films that I would rate a "10."

louisb This is Bing Crosby at his comical best. A very over-the-hill millionaire decides to return to college and get his degree. He goes through all the usual trials and tribulations of the normal undergraduate, including initiations, all-night crash studying, and falling in love. Unfortunately, at his age, his "girl" happens to be one of the faculty, and dating or marrying faculty members is forbidden. Even his kids (he's widowed) frown on his decisions and add to the comedy and light drama. This is one of director Blake Edward's best. A wonderful family movie with something for everyone.