Movie Reviews for That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

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Movie Reviews of That's Dancing!

Movie Review: Dancing by the greats!
Summary: 4 Stars

This movie is a compilation of some of the greatest dancers and dances ever filmed! From the early days of Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley to modern ballet and break-dancing, you can see the different styles and forms of dance. Some of the stars are Ruby Keeler, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, a wonderful solo by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Ray Bolger, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Ann Miller, Leslie Caron, Nureyev/Fonteyn. Wonderful choreography from "West Side Story" and "Flashdance" and other memorable dance movies.

Movie Review: Lots of tap
Summary: 4 Stars

This pseudo documentary on dance was fun and gave me a lot of ideas for movies to put on my wishlist. It even went clear back to silent films. I did feel that many genres were missing or glanced over in favor of tap, such as jitterbug, Latin dancing, Russian dancing, Spanish dancing, disco, etc. There were also a disproportionate number of dances by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
While most of the costumes are in good taste, there is some immodesty, including a brief view of a woman's essentially bare backside.

Movie Review: That's dancing
Summary: 4 Stars

The dvd depicts the time line of dancing very well. They showed a lot of the original dancer of which we use the styles of today and have added to.

Movie Review: Hasn't dated all that well
Summary: 3 Stars

Following the success of THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!, the producers thought a feature devoted solely to great film dancing would be a smash. Unfortunately, THAT'S DANCING mixes classic scenes with some embarrasing moments--Gene Kelly praising breakdancing in a lengthy sequence, for example. On the plus side, it's wonderful to see not only Astaire and Kelly, but also Vera Zorina, Bill Robinson soloing, Eleanor Parker, etc. But where oh where are longer sequences with Bobby Van, Ray McDonald, or even co-host Liza Minelli (of course, these are primarily MGM musicals, which disqualifies a number of entries)? Every time I watch this collection, I want to put another, better one together myself!