Like "Gremlins" and "Home Alone", thus film proves that when writers have a really good idea for a follow-up and don't rush it, they can do a great job. Unlike "Grease", "Caddyshack", "Airplane!" and many others, this is a rare exception of how it can work. The three men are still bachelor, buy now bachelor fathers still raising little Mary (an adorable but not too cutesy Robin Weisnan) whose mother meets a British theatrical producer (Christopher Cazenove) and wants to take Mary to live on a huge estate in London.
Little does mom Nancy Travis know, her husband to be wants to send Mary off to Fiona Shaw's plush boarding school. Interference from Mary's grandmother (Sheila Hancock) also threatens to further ruin Travis's happiness so this sends papa Ted Danson into a tizzy over trying to get Sylvia to marry her, bringing out pal Tom Selleck's feelings for her, and with Shaw's help, hopefully stop this travesty before Travis and Cazenove tie the knot.
There are so many very funny moments in this, not distracted by the drug cartel subplot. Shaw steals every moment she's on screen, giving a delightfully comic performance emulating Joyce Grenfall. Her flirtation with Selleck is the highlight of the film, although the sight of Danson in Carmen Miranda like drag is pretty funny as well. What works about this is the cammaradarie between the three men (Steve Guttenberg nicely supporting but not involved in the plot outside of occasional wisecracks) and an amusing view of British culture as seen through American eyes.
Little does mom Nancy Travis know, her husband to be wants to send Mary off to Fiona Shaw's plush boarding school. Interference from Mary's grandmother (Sheila Hancock) also threatens to further ruin Travis's happiness so this sends papa Ted Danson into a tizzy over trying to get Sylvia to marry her, bringing out pal Tom Selleck's feelings for her, and with Shaw's help, hopefully stop this travesty before Travis and Cazenove tie the knot.
There are so many very funny moments in this, not distracted by the drug cartel subplot. Shaw steals every moment she's on screen, giving a delightfully comic performance emulating Joyce Grenfall. Her flirtation with Selleck is the highlight of the film, although the sight of Danson in Carmen Miranda like drag is pretty funny as well. What works about this is the cammaradarie between the three men (Steve Guttenberg nicely supporting but not involved in the plot outside of occasional wisecracks) and an amusing view of British culture as seen through American eyes.