Finian's Rainbow
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Movie Reviews of Finian's Rainbow
Movie Review: Finian's Rainbow
Summary: 2 Stars
In my opinion, this is not a well-crafted story or a movie worth watching, unless you really like a certain actor or actress or really want to see Fred Astaire dance in his last role. I thought it would be interesting because Tommy Steele was so great in Disney's musical The Happiest Millionaire and because Keenan Wynn can be very funny, but in this movie, Tommy Steele acts more like he is on a drug high, and the songs in this had less to do with the plot than in most musicals. For example, there's a lot of good dancing and there are some good tunes, but when everyone's spending the day running through the fields, and it has so little to do with the plot, you have to wonder what the point or current plot is. The point at that particular part seems to be that everyone's happier in communal living, and the rest of the movie clarifies that communal living is specifically Marxist. The messages of the movie are Marxist, and the writers of the musical also managed to put in a bit about witches overcoming discrimination, a big deal to the feminists of the 60s. The Marxist message is more blatant than some of the reviewers here suggested, portraying Fred Astaire's character as greedy for wanting to keep his money and calling the rightful owner, the leprechaun (Tommy Steele), a member of a "subversive underground group" for wanting it. The writers of the musical were Marxists or socialists who were portraying capitalists as selfish, accusatory hatemongers. One last thing: I felt that the movie's subplots weren't very well connected to each other until the end of the movie, and that the cuts in the movie were done in a very psychedelic, disjointed fashion, reflecting the hippie era that director Coppola apparently embraced. All of these things were negative aspects to me.Movie Review: Under the Rainbow Radar
Summary: 2 Stars
"Finian's Rainbow" was a hallmark of sorts. The stage production was first launched in 1947,but its allegedly socialist themes kept it off the silver screen until 1968. It was Fred Astaire's final film; it was also Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut. George Lucas was an intern on the set.
"Finian's Rainbow" is about an old Irishman, Finian (Fred Astaire) who finds a pot of gold at the end of the legendary rainbow. Petula Clark stars as Finian's long-suffering daughter. The energetic Tommy Steele is the friendly leprechaun. Finian and his daughter find a multi-cultural commune, Rainbow Valley, where blacks and whites live together in peace. All is well. Until an evil Senator (Keenan Wynn) has his eyes on the land,as well as the pot of gold. The racist Senator is turned black thanks to the daughter's inadvertent wish. Since it is a fairy tale, good triumphs and everyone lives happily ever after.
"Finian's Rainbow" addressed '60s issues such as racism. It was psychedelic with its Rainbow Valley and leading leprechaun man. It has a good, perennial message. There is some strong singing and dancing.
Unfortunately, "Finian's Rainbow" is heavy-handed. The pace lags. It's a sloooow movie. To make matters worse, the songs are forgettable... never a good sign in a musical. Luckily, Coppola grew from this movie. He went over the rainbow... to the land of Sicily and an offer no moviegoer can refuse!
Movie Review: Finian's dated Rainbow
Summary: 1 Stars
Disappointed in the musical production and the music itself. Weak story line and terrible cinematography. Severely dated.