Good News
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Joan McCracken, June Allyson, Patricia Marshall, Peter Lawford, Ray McDonald Brand: ALLYSON,JANE DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 93 minutes DVD Release Date: 2000-09-19 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of Good News
Movie Review: Cliche Story With a Few Good Songs
Summary: 3 Stars
Good News is a frivolous college story. It revolves around a campus filled with energetic youths falling in and out of love with each other. Like most teen movies, it is filled with stereotypes and the main characters are involved in a love triangle. There is a football player (Peter Lawford), the beautiful transfer student (Patricia Marshall), and the frumpy library worker with a heart of gold (June Allyson).
The film is supposed to be set in the 1920s, but the film is very obviously of its own time. The outfits look like the early 1950s even though they've been slightly altered to look like flapper dresses. Everything is very fitted, nothing like the shapeless dresses of the 20s. Some of the music, like the background music, is genuinely historical, but most of the musical songs sound more modern. This causes the film to suffer a bit. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a nice song, but the others are sort of bland, even though "Pass That Peace Pipe" was nominated for an Oscar.
"The Varsity Drag" ending is excellent, the best part of the film. Not only is the song great, but the large dance sequence is equally great. It provides a silly ending to a silly film, but it is done with a lot of class and sophistication.