Blondie's Big Moment

While I really enjoy the Blondie and Dagwood films, I sure have noticed that the titles of the movies are completely random and have nothing to do with what you see. "Blondie's Big Moment"?? What big moment? The film instead is about Dagwood's nasty new boss and his attempts to keep his job and keep his family happy.

The story finds the Bumsteads returning home from a vacation and Dagwood is in a great mood. However, he doesn't know that Mr. Dithers sold the company and the new owner is a complete jerk. But, as you'd expect from Dagwood, he manages to insult the boss and take a bad situation and make it so much worse. It's so bad that Dagwood is demoted and could easily find himself unemployed. At the same time, Alexander and his classmates are looking forward to visiting Dagwood's office...and Dagwood is both afraid to disappoint them and afraid to tell his ultra-nasty boss. What's to come of all this?

The fact that everything magically works out by the end of the film is a given if you've seen other films in the series. But the new boss truly is a jerk. Dithers was blustery but decent down deep...Mr. Radcliffe is pretty much a jerk-face. Perhaps he'll mellow in future films. Regardless, as usual the story is engaging and enjoyable and it's worth seeing.