I first saw TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT when I was 22. Maggie Smith had already conquered me with THE VIPS, and THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODY. But this absurd film is so filled with stuff and nonsense that not even the great Maggie could disguise its problems. Seeing it nearly 50 years, I found it full of all the excesses that I hate in George Cukor films, or least bad George Cukor films. This is a lavish production with a fine cast who give their all. Thank goodness Maggie would go on to make lots and lots more finer films. This is a curiosity from my youth that was probably best left unexplored.