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Though the film had several big stars, I had to wonder what people thought of it at the time. During the 50s, if a man was having girl problems there would be a male sidekick who would say almost all the things that Spring Byington's character said. But then you could chalk it up to male chauvenism. But hearing it come out of Byington's mouth was like a slap in the face. I found the music and dancing pretty awful. David Niven was much better in "The Bishop's Wife". But Daisies is a truly painful movie to watch, getting more painful as it goes. It's hard to believe that it was converted into a TV series. I don't think the creators of that show watched it with a critical eye.

The real reason England was in a precarious position was because of all the conspiracies to make England into a Catholic nation again. This is not mentioned in the film. All that is referred to is gold and jewels.