On the Town
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Movie Reviews of On the Town
Movie Review: Disappointing.
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are thinking of buying this DVD because you like Leonard Bernstein, think again. You'll do better to buy the original cast CD of the Broadway musical or better yet the rerecorded complete version of the Broadway show. The film has replaced most of the Broadway songs by material that is so bad to call it mediocre would be too kind. The opening number is good, except that "New York, New York, it's a hell of a town" has been replaced by "wonderful town". After that number you have to wait more than an hour for any more Bernstein except for a very hammy rendition of "My Place". Not only are the new songs and the new jokes embarrassingly bad -- as soon as you see the three sailors in a room with a dinosaur skeleton you know they're going to knock it down before the number is over -- even the new dances are surprisingly bad, especially when compared to Gene Kelly in Anchors Away or Singin' in the Rain. Clearly, based on the other reviews, there are people who enjoy this movie. I found it hard to sit through.Movie Review: WHV DVD release of 13 May 2008
Summary: 1 Stars
If you're thinking about improving your previous DVD edition of this great movie (WHV release of 2 May 2000), still available on Amazon, don't bother. It's identical, just repackaged...
(FIVE stars for the movie itself!)