Mixed Company
Seen it?1974 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for fans of a well-timed joke and a family movie night. Low effort, high reward: just press play.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, feel-good.
- The pace
- Bright and bouncy, at 1 hr 49 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Made in 1974: an older pace and style.
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Melville Shavelson
- Barbara HarrisKathy Morrison
- Joseph BolognaPete
- Lisa GerritsenLiz
- Tom BosleyAl
- Ruth McDevittMiss Bergquist
- Ariane HellerMary
- Stephen HonanieJoe
- Haywood NelsonFreddie
- Eric OlsonRob
- Jina TanQuan