The Three Musketeers
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Movie Reviews of The Three Musketeers
Movie Review: Three Musketeers-three stars
Summary: 3 Stars
This is really two movies in one. The first movie is a lighthearted sendup of the famous tale. We're quickly drawn into the swashbuckling fun and settle ourselves expecting a romp throughout. Then the movie decides to be a heavy drama saturated with so much Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" that by the end we aren't sure what to think. Perhaps if it had gone one way or the other it would have been more satisfying.
There are nice moments though. Gene Kelly's athleticism alone makes it worth viewing and Lana Turner turns in one of her best efforts. The rest of the cast is hit or miss and the music is overbearing at times, but if you're a Kelly or Turner fan you should get enough enjoyment out of it to make it worth your while.
Movie Review: Enjoyable Romp, Nothing More
Summary: 3 Stars
First, let me say, Gene Kelly cannot act. He can sing, he can dance, and even sword-fight with the best of them, but the man cannot act. That being said, there's enough sword-fighting here to almost forget that fact. That, and he shares the screen with a few enjoyable characters. The Technicolor has not held up so well and looks simultaneously overexposed and drab. I will spare you the plot overview and simply say that the whole movie is like a bite of cotton candy: it's sweet, but it's mostly air. I much prefer the wholly wonderful Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.Movie Review: Swashbuckling in the Rain
Summary: 2 Stars
MGM's strange version of the Alexandre Dumas classic remains the most miscast swashbuckler in movie history. Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as though he were in a musical, which isn't surprising since George Sidney directs "The Three Musketeers" as though it were "Anchors Aweigh." At least Kelly doesn't sing. This 1948 production finds plenty of actors stuck in the wrong genre: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, June Allyson, Vincent Price, Gig Young, Frank Morgan and Keenan Wynn! Only Angela Lansbury and Reginald Owen emerge unscathed. Sidney approaches the Dumas adventure with an uneasy, uncertain tone - not helped by the cheerfully garish Technicolor. Happily, the filmmaking stylist showed a remarkable resurgence in his 1952 remake of "Scaramouche."Movie Review: The Three Musleteers (1948) DVD Review
Summary: 2 Stars
This 1948 version of The Three Musketeers is rather dated and silly. I couldn't take any of the characters seriously. Children should find this film entertaining, though.Movie Review: Why eat crackers when you can have croissant?
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm sorry, but technicolor alone doesn't make a good movie. This is a perfectly dreadful version of a classic, ham-handed and light-headed. Only Van Heflin keeps it going. Lana Turner, even when well cast, was an awful actress. Kelly can bound and fence, but his grief over June Allyson is barely serviceable. See the Michael York version instead...MUCH better! (Charlton Heston even makes a better Richelieu.)