Question: Is it worth enduring a silly, nonsensical plot and some very mediocre and lackluster interaction in order to witness Ann Miller doing some sensational footwork, especially one terrific tap dance number, and, after a very long wait, to view a very uplifting, 60 second finale displaying the traditional Easter procession along Fifth Avenue during 1912? Irving Berlin wrote a wonderful song, so why cut it short like that, especially when it and Ann Miller's tap dance are the best offerings here? Leave them wanting more? That's just an annoying tease.
Answer: Yes! But I might be a masochist or a nut, so proceed with caution.
The iconic theme song will stick in my head for at least another week, and I will probably hum it as I fall asleep for as long, unless my wife fulfills her promise to poison my beer first, but I didn't find the other songs to be the best of Irving Berlin. They did, however, occasionally relieve me from most of the inane proceedings, for which I am very grateful.
Fred Astaire was a great dancer, but his acting was very repetitive and predictable. Perhaps that was the result of all of the cardboard acting roles that he was handed, at least until "On the Beach", in which he provided at least some dramatic depth. I've seen much better Garland, but she did her best with the mostly flat material "on parade" here.
While I enjoyed the grand finale, I would have liked to see it for at least a few minutes longer, and there weren't enough bonnets to inspire many sonnets, so I'll have to tune into the Kentucky Derby in a couple of weeks for true inspiration, and can you guess what song I'll be singing? Don't break ALL of the dishes, dear. Save a few. We'll need them.
"In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it." Crash! Bang!
Answer: Yes! But I might be a masochist or a nut, so proceed with caution.
The iconic theme song will stick in my head for at least another week, and I will probably hum it as I fall asleep for as long, unless my wife fulfills her promise to poison my beer first, but I didn't find the other songs to be the best of Irving Berlin. They did, however, occasionally relieve me from most of the inane proceedings, for which I am very grateful.
Fred Astaire was a great dancer, but his acting was very repetitive and predictable. Perhaps that was the result of all of the cardboard acting roles that he was handed, at least until "On the Beach", in which he provided at least some dramatic depth. I've seen much better Garland, but she did her best with the mostly flat material "on parade" here.
While I enjoyed the grand finale, I would have liked to see it for at least a few minutes longer, and there weren't enough bonnets to inspire many sonnets, so I'll have to tune into the Kentucky Derby in a couple of weeks for true inspiration, and can you guess what song I'll be singing? Don't break ALL of the dishes, dear. Save a few. We'll need them.
"In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it." Crash! Bang!