Who's Minding the Store?

Rating:
***

Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
This is a delightful sampling of Jerry Lewis' funny faces and antics. Here is another movie that could make me laugh out loud a few times as Lewis' character innocently and single-handedly create havoc throughout a department store.
Besides the humor, there is a sweet message and moral to the story: Norman Phiffier is poor and has a hard time keeping a job, and he's in love with a poor girl whom he plans to marry and provide for all their lives. Little does he know, she's actually the heiress of the Tuttle Department Store fortune. She loves him because he loves her for who she is. The problem is, if he finds out about her fortune, he won't want to marry her! All the while, the wealthy mother is trying to thwart the romance.
Hilarity ensues.

Who should watch: the whole family
Where to watch: Netflix instant streaming

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Hollow

Rating:
**

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Hollow (2004)
I usually enjoy the Masterpiece Mystery productions of Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet. This title is an exception. The solution presented, as usual, a surprising and unsuspected twist, but not quite in the style of most Poirot stories, besides that, it contained an inappropriate scene (brief though it was), that was unnecessary.
I look forward to watching other Poirot movies, but I'll avoid this one in the future.

Who should watch it: adults
Where to watch it: DVD movie rentals