It becomes tedious towards the ending but at the same time, this film was tremendously entertaining. Robert Preston's singing abilities are seriously outstanding. The music is very catchy and fast-paced and is well sung by everyone, and everything plays out in an interesting fashion. It is derivative but great anyways.

bought it on blu

watched this as a kid still love it

how adorable is little 8 year old Ron Howard?!?!

bought it on blu

watched this as a kid still love it

how adorable is little 8 year old Ron Howard?!?!

I love some scenes in this movie so much. If they would cut out some of my least favorite ones and make it less than 2 1/2 hours, the rating would be much higher.

Love Robert Preston and the library song/dance number is wonderful, but where the hell is the "Monorail! Monorail!" song?

The Monorail scene of Simpsons played over and over and over again.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

It becomes tedious towards the ending but at the same time, this film was tremendously entertaining. Robert Preston's singing abilities are seriously outstanding. The music is very catchy and fast-paced and is well sung by everyone, and everything plays out in an interesting fashion. It is derivative but great anyways.

In my opinion, one of the catchiest and most creative/weird/interesting set of songs to have been done in musicals. And yeah, so much of the plot matches the standard cliches of the genre: Guy wins over a girl over time, person is a jerk who learns to love/care/whatever again, all that good stuff.

But it's hilarious. Loving and mocking of its town in equal measure. And the leads play all those beats perfectly. Marian: brilliant and a bit bitter, wants to find someone, sarcastic and funny. "Howard Hill": Charming and roguish, a dick really, but still has a heart beating somewhere down there (how good is that line at the end "I always think there's a band kid...").

So basically, if you don't love this movie, fuck you, you should.

I did this musical in High School, so while the film is well made, it's hard to watch as I've seen/heard the musical more times than I care to! Cast is good and the songs are great!