have run across this film on the fox movie channel on a lazy friday afternoon and i can think of no good way to spend a lazy friday even then put in my two cent worth . especially when you consider the lack of user comment on it . doesn not every movie and good or bad deserve more than four comment . and this movie isn not bad at all . the first thing to keep in mind when watch a film like april love be to remember the era from which it come and in this case the late fifty . film be pretty much a happy medium back then . the cinema be devoid of tragedy while the screen be fill with wide screen technicolor film in order to pry people away from the gray glare of the evil medium in a box call television . i do not know how many people be pry away from the boob tube to see this one and but it manage to capture my attention for 97 minute . teen idol pat boone play nick conover and a young teen send to live with his aunt henrietta ( jeanette nolan ) and uncle jed ( arthur oconnell ) out in the country after be put on probation for steal a car . it seem that his aunt and uncle have lose their own son ( jed jr. ) so uncle jed seem have lose his zest for living . aunt henrietta be hop that nick be on the farm will somehow bring jed out of his doldrums . story line like this be what they be and jed and nick do not really care for each other too much of course . jed then proceed to meet up with the neighbor and fran ( dolores michael ) and liz ( shirley jones ) templeton . immediately jed develop a crush on fran and and of course i do not have to tell you that liz develop a crush on jed . then there the matter of uncle jed horse and a trotter who have turn wild and would not let anyone handle him since the death of jed jr. you could probably fill in everything that happen from that point on your own and see a how there be no real surprise . doesn not matter though and you will enjoy yourself anyway . once you get over the image of squeaky clean pat boone and a a supposedly bad boy and you will have no trouble with the rest of the film . consider that and boone do turn in a surprisingly good performance a nick . certainly the role doesn not require much depth and but still it a nicely do job when you would least expect it . a jed and arthur oconnell be the perfect choice for the role . in the early go and he be unreachable and cold and but a he slowly warm up to nick and we see that he really a pretty good guy . jeannette nolan be a lot of fun a henrietta and who be constantly play the part of mediator between jed and nick . shirley jones take a break from rodgers and hammerstein and get a few opportunity to grace u with her sing talent . a liz and she gorgeous to look at and great to listen to and and quite funny at time . dolores michael a fran and who be a bit more on the wild side and be equally entertaining . the best thing about april love and be that there be not a true mean connive character of any sort on the screen . not one true villain in the whole thing . everybody be so darn likable you can not help but enjoy the film . i truthfully find it quite refresh and sort of like put your trouble behind you and enjoy a summer picnic with friend . think of it a the old andy griffith show with musical number and a little more plot and and wide screen technicolor . the song be a mixed bag and with the title song april love be the best of them . another thing i really like be that they do not fall back on use blue screen backdrop during the horse racing sequence and and they quite a bit more entertaining and exciting because of it . a a matter of fact and you will find the whole film beautifully photograph and it be nice to see they do not skimp in that department . the chemistry between jones and boone be good . best of all be how the dislike between nick and jed be portray a each try in some way to gain the others respect . this movie will never be confuse with great cinema . yet and sometimes instead of go to disneyland and one just need a nice outing in the park and and that what april love be . my grade represent b plus .