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The Sound of Music

1965 Directed by Robert Wise

The happiest sound in all the world!

Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.

Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Eleanor Parker Richard Haydn Peggy Wood Charmian Carr Heather Menzies Nicholas Hammond Duane Chase Angela Cartwright Debbie Turner Kym Kareth Anna Lee Portia Nelson Ben Wright Daniel Truhitte Norma Varden Gilchrist Stuart Marni Nixon Evadne Baker Doris Lloyd Bert Stevens Gertrude Astor Frank Baker

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Review by KasperL ★★★ 5

♫ pre-dict-able plot-lines and chea-sy ro-man-ces

o-ver-hyped clas-sics and mu-si-cal dan-ces

wild-ly an-noy-ing small chil-dren who sing

that will ne-ver be my fa-vo-rite thing ♫

... but, hey, it's hard to really, truly hate this.
Review by Houston ★★★★★ 6

Reading the negative reviews for this movie on Letterboxd just further prove to me that this site's community is a cynical, sad, broken Hellscape.
Review by lauren ★★★★★ 2

the hills are alive with the sound of hot, young christopher plummer
Review by Rida ★ 36

What a pain in the ass this film was. It's never fun to sit through three hours of utterly pedestrian music, over-the-top performances, and characters that are flatter than a goddamn pancake. Not to mention that silly climax involving Nazis that turned a light musical into a pseudo war film.

All of the above reminds me of a bad Bollywood movie. I certainly didn't expect to see an English version of a Yash Chopra movie (complete with shots of people dancing on hills with the mountains as a backdrop) when I began watching The Sound of Music. But that's exactly what I got.

Where should I even begin? The film looks gorgeous, thanks to the pristine blu-ray version, but it…
Review by matt lynch ★★★★½ 1

Almost entirely visually organized by the Alps, the lines of the mountains...though rigid still a part of nature. They're a representation of the harmony that Maria brings out of her new family. Her love of the world is frivolous but pure, still Godly, the structure and sacrifice of religion unusually but crucially contrasted with the Captain's discipline, a micro version of the larger conflict between love and fascism.

Also just a ripping good musical, and Julie Andrews is a stone fox.
Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 8

This is on TV tonight.

I'd advise everyone to not turn on your TVs tonight.

Recent reviews

Review by sandybmonast ★★★★★

Je remercie sincèrement le cinéma du parc de m’avoir permis de voir sur grand écran l’un de mes films préférés depuis toujours... J’en ai eu les larmes aux yeux du début à la fin tellement c’était beau et j’étais heureuse!

Sorry si c’est quétaine fallait je le dise :)
Review by alex alex ★ 1

please,,,,,, spare me....
Review by beatrice ★★★★★

all seven children bursting into tears at dinner while maria sips her tea i
Review by moniquevdln ★★★★★

location: airplane
it was such a wonderful movie! the music was catchy and julie andrews' singing was awesome. i watched this without realising it was going to be 3 hours long but it was definitely worth it!
Review by Hannah ★★★ 3

Did it really have to be that long
Review by jmfirpi ★★★★½

Still so stunning.
Review by jillyd ★★★★★

It's one of my favorite musicals and it's the movie I credit to for giving me my interest in WW2, weirdly enough. Plus, young, hot Christopher Plummer definitely grabbed my attention back when I first saw it, back in the day. A must-see for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans.
Review by Leo ★★★★½

Filme puro e mágico.
Um dia quero ir a Salzburgo só pra entrar um pouco no sonho que é esse longa.
Review by 💎 💎💎 ★★★★

usually don’t like musicals but this deserved better cos even my non-english speaking grandmother know of this film