Dear Brigitte

Dear Brigitte is a 1965 comedy about Robert Leaf, a poetry professor whose disdain for the sciences is tested when his young son Erasmus turns out to be a mathematical prodigy with little talent for the arts. The boy also nurses an obsession with Brigitte Bardot and dreams of meeting her. The family lives unconventionally, with the household set on a boat, and the father's principles clash with the opportunities his son's gift creates.

Henry Koster directed and produced the film, working from a screenplay by Hal Kanter. It followed Koster's Marilyn, released two years earlier, and came before The Singing Nun in his filmography. James Stewart plays Professor Leaf, with Glynis Johns as his wife Vina, Cindy Carol as daughter Pandora, and Bill Mumy as Erasmus. Fabian appears as Kenny Taylor and John Williams as Peregrine Upjohn. The production was handled by 20th Century Fox.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 6.3 from around 2,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.4 from roughly 30 votes. The larger IMDb sample points to modest but steady appreciation rather than broad acclaim. Running 100 minutes, the film blends family comedy with the professor's struggle to accept a child whose gifts point away from everything he values.