CJ Roy
11Feb12
I am going to watch this sequence at least twenty more times this month. Minimum.
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Teresa Silva
10May12
Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.
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Edward Copeland
20Apr12
The greatest movie musical of all time with memorable musical sequences galore and great comedy and plot between the numbers. Jean Hagen practically steals the movie as Lina Lamont. Donald O'Connor gets his best role ever and Gene Kelly turns in his greatest performances on all levels: acting, singing and dancing. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2011/04/and-you-can-charm-critics-and-have.html
Molly Epstein
29Mar12
i can't even believe it took me until my twenties to see this! the color in this is striking, and for someone who doesn't enjoy musicals, i found this mystical and full of joy and energy and the score is a classic for a reason, totally worth seeing, especially if you're feeling a little down.
CJ Roy
11Feb12
Gene Kelly is a genius and anyone who says otherwise has no understanding of film, dance, entertainment or life. The Broadway Melody sequence is one of the most mind-blowing moments in all of cinema. I have never felt color like that in my life, the key word here being 'felt'. I don't say this lightly and maybe I'm coming off of a high like I've never experienced before but...this has changed the way I look at film.
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David Grillo
2Apr12
Now could you write this without being pedantic than people may take on your Opinions.
ramosbarajas
1Oct11
Perfect in almost every way. I love the silliness and randomness of the numbers... and the performances by Reynolds, Kelly, and O'Connor are perfect. Charisse's cameo (?) is great. I think that her number with Kelly is one of the best-danced scenes ever. But Hagen, by far, steals the show... "Do you think she's dumb or somethin'?"
msmichel
31Aug11
The essential movie musical. A true 5 star classic of the first order still beloved and influential today. Kelly, O'Connor and Reynolds all perfectly cast but the film belongs to Jean Hagen as the shrillest of the shrill. Great song score with a wonderful script set amongst the filming of the earliest talkies. One classic scene after another; "make em laugh", "singin in the rain", "good morning" .... Perfection.
Easton Dubois
19Aug11
As a beef-chested masculine stud god, this film makes my hard heart go soft. I feel like a little joyful ballerina.
Jack Lehtonen
22Jun11
A film as every bit as great as its reputation. The Broadway Melody sequence is among the greatest in cinema. A digression, but a jaw-dropping one, a masterpiece of color and movement, with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly touching god for a moment.
Dave
20May11
Truth be told, I'm not much of a fan of musicals, but this film deserves the reputation it has established over the years. The wit and charm of it all - the "healthy dose of cynicism" that Greg X mentions in the below review - make it an absolute joy to watch. It is a truly funny, entertaining film that just happens to be a musical.
