atlasmb Come September contains few surprises in that it's a light comedy that represents its time (1961). You get the expected romantic complications, misunderstandings, scheming, and a suitable resolution. No drama here; you know how it will all turn out. But that's okay. When you watch a comedy like Come September, you would be disappointed if it didn't follow formula.Come September has a few things to recommend it. All the actors do a fine job. Rock Hudson is the focus of the film and he holds it together. Gina Lollabrigida is sexy and funny; she plays her part with spirit. In addition, the scenery--shot along the Italian Riviera--is beautiful. The villa where the story unfolds is perfect as the vacation home of a rich American businessman.To top it off, in what other film do you get a joke about a drunken parakeet?

treeline1 Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) is a rich American who only visits his Italian villa - and his mistress (Gina Lollobrigida) - one month a year, in September. When he arrives early one year, he's shocked to find his servant (Walter Slezak) has been using the place as a hotel while Robert is away. The current guests, a bunch of teenage girls, include Sandy (Sandra Dee) who soon falls for the charms of a brash young tourist (Bobby Darin). Robert starts to sort out the problem but becomes protective of the girls and his relationship with his girlfriend changes.This is a terrible movie. Okay, the scenery and wardrobe are gorgeous and Gina and Rock are, too, but the script is cringe-worthy and makes no sense. Robert could have evicted the girls in one minute and gone on to enjoy life with his lover, but instead he becomes fatherly toward them and suddenly the adults and kids all see the error of their ways and reform their romantic lives. Gina and Rock are so nice to look at that one can almost forgive them for being completely vapid, but they have no rapport and are forced to say ridiculous lines. Slezak is totally miscast as the comic-relief Italian butler. Darin is annoyingly off-putting and Dee just phones it in.With a better script, this could have been bright and funny, but as it is, it's tedious and disappointing.

tarryersceltic The one thing I would criticize in "Come September" is that we don't see enough of the incredible Bobby Darin! It would have been great to see more of him. Although this was his first starring feature role on film, and his role was the "junior" or "juvenile" lead, his talents way outweighed his opportunities to show his stuff here. Otherwise, Gina Lollobrigida was beautiful, as always, and the scenery was fabulous! I wish we'd had more songs from Darin in the show (the version I saw on DVD credited him with a "Come September" theme song, but I have not heard it - is there a recording?). Also, gotta love Slezak! All in all, a wonderful escape from a sometimes stressful and dreary world. We need more movies like this and more movie stars whose performances and appearance help to lighten the load for us all. That is the immeasurable value of the entertainer! They help to give us our dreams!

Galina "Come September" (1961) is a light, funny, and delightfully old-fashioned romantic comedy which is as charming as the colorful dresses the girls were wearing during "Age of Innocence," a period that extended roughly from the end of World War II into the mid-1960s, and as pretty as the Italian seaside where American millionaire Robert Talbot (dashing Rock Hudson) has a luxurious villa. For six years, he's been spending his vacation there in September with his Italian girlfriend, Lisa Fellini - a stunningly beautiful and sensual Gina Lollobrigida. One year, he changed his plans and arrived in July. To Talbot's utter surprise he found out that his devoted major-domo, Maurice (Walter Slezak stole all his scenes as an employee who has his very own ideas of loyalty and devotion) , has been making nice money by turning his villa into a popular and posh hotel "La Dolce Vista" once his employer leaves for America. Lisa is tired of being a " September girl" and decides to marry another man. On the top of all, Talbot finds himself chaperoning a group of six American teenage girls vacationing in Italy, and fighting a generational war with the group of four American college boys whose hotel reservation he canceled and who settled in a tent just outside the villa and began courting the girls. Talbot's biggest concern is Tony (Bobby Darin), the leader of the gang, a medical student who wants to seduce young and innocent blonde Sandy (Sandy Dee), the psychology major. The film is a nice way to spend two hours. Darin sings the song" Multiplication" that he had composed for the movie and I wonder if the song was one of the reasons Dee and pop idol Bobby Darin fell in love with each other in real life and were married just after the filming was over. Hudson and Lollobrigida have a nice chemistry and there is also their dance together. While watching her dance, you would wholeheartedly agree with Tony that never 206 bones that a human body includes were constructed so perfectly. To quote him further, "She is a beaut; you don't see many like that". So is the movie - they simply don't make them like that anymore.