Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!

Directed by Charles Walters

Produced by Euterpe Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1960112 min6.2 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy about a family's adjustment to suburban life, built on warmth, humor, and the gentle tensions of marriage and domesticity.

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.

Questions people ask

  • Is Please Don't Eat the Daisies scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Eat the Daisies easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Eat the Daisies sad? No. Less sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Eat the Daisies violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Please Don't Eat the Daisies end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity11

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise34

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

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Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Please Don't Eat the Daisies, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Please Don't Eat the Daisies, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Please Don't Eat the Daisies, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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