I Could Go On Singing
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Movie Reviews of I Could Go On Singing
Movie Review: Judy deserved Ross Hunter treatment but didn't get it.
Summary: 2 Stars
Poorly made-up, coiffed, dressed and photographed, Miss Garland is at a distinct disadvantage before she is even out of the starting gate.
And why leave the starting gate when the story is utterly lacking in either originality and conviction ? not to mention motivation.
Even more ominous is the fact that this vehicle does not find her in the best of voice. Indeed it must be admitted that she sounds a bit ragged with the notable exception of "It Never Was You." This demerit coupled with the fact that the new songs are uninspired at best, renders the film's title open to waggery, as in those audience members who suggest that the word "not" should have been inserted before the word "go".
It's true that the acting of all the players is admirable, quite a feat for this slush. Garland freezes the blood in an angry scene with Bogarde in a hotel room, and in the lovely Stoke Poges scene she again reveals how much more effective she always was, (as in "A Child is Waiting,") when she underplays with inescapable poignance, rather than tossing bathos all over the walls. And it is assuredly true, that in the telephone scene her acting brings to bear all that is great in her.
But it is for Master Phillips that we reserve our especial praise. This young man manages his difficult assignment memorably. How else to explain how he handles his end of that same telephone conversation just as convincingly as just as heartbreakingly?
What a pity that such a lush physical production as this could not have been extended to the star's appearance. One can only wonder how Ross Hunter would have transformed Judy into something recalling her former charms, given the pulchritude he enhanced in Misses Turner, Wyman, Hayward and Dee.
Movie Review: Pretty dreary; only for the Garland completist....
Summary: 2 Stars
This soap opera is not enlivened by the generally downbeat songs. Garland is a virtual parody of her more vigorous younger self. This is a camp spectacle, from the youthful drag performers in Gilbert and Sullivan to the jerky, hand-wringing Garland. This is the Garland that drag performers got down pat 40 years ago. The film is more artifact than entertainment. Only if you like studying Garland from beginning to end is this likely to be of interest.Movie Review: sad, sadder, saddest
Summary: 2 Stars
What a shame this was the last movie Garland made and the 1st one singing on screen since "A Star Is Born". A paycheck is a paycheck,and so Judy needed the money. The parts are very miscast, the story line embarressing. "BlueBird" and "By Myself, Alone- shine. The title song- a joke. Lorna and Joey Luft appear on screen as over interested extras on a boat. Judy deserved better and the Oscar for "A Star Is Born"Movie Review: What? Not anamorphic?
Summary: 1 Stars
Sad! Really sad! Here I've been waiting for years for this beauty to be released on DVD, and what do I get: Non-anamorphic 2.35:1! Hey, MGM, this is 2004! No one produces "scope" movies on DVD any longer without having them enhanced for widescreen televisions. When enlarged they turn fuzzy and dull, and if you let them stay within the 4:3-frame you get a tiny image in the middle of your screen. Yes, MGM has at least cleaned up the dirt from the image since the LaserDisc release, but it's still pretty grainy with difficult contrasts and variable color intensity from scene to scene. In other words: a sloppy transfer done with minimal enthusiasm! Sad! Really sad!