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Spoilers Ahoy! This review talks in detail about plot points, including the ending, so if you haven’t seen either the play or the movie and want to experience it without knowing beforehand what happens, I suggest avoiding this review.In late...
U.S. Release Date: 1986-11-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, ...
Consider this possibility: a romantic comedy with no nudity, no sex, and no kissing. In fact, there aren't even any declarations of love. The closest the female character comes to admitting her feelings is saying that she could have danced all n...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, ...
For veteran director Victor Fleming, who began making movies during the black-and-white, silent era, 1939 represented the pinnacle of his career. Not only did Fleming's Gone with the Wind claim the Best Picture Oscar, but his other big feature, Th...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: FANTASY/MUSICAL
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, ...
Singin' in the Rain is considered by many people to be among the best Hollywood musicals of all time. For those who have seen the movie, the reason for this is not difficult to understand. Watching Singin' in the Rain is an exuberant, magical exp...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, ...
Upon its release in 1984, Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense was hailed by many critics as the "greatest concert film of all time." The picture, which captured a live concert performance given by the Talking Heads, used state-of-the-art direct-to-...
U.S. Release Date: 1984-10-09
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, ...
Upon its release in 1984, Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense was hailed by many critics as the "greatest concert film of all time." The movie, which captured a live concert performance given by the Talking Heads, used state-of-the-art direct-t...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-09-22
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Musical
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, ...
In the past decade, only two live-action, mainstream musical motion pictures have been released. While the first, Little Shop of Horrors, met with some success, the second, Newsies, was a box-office disaster. The poor performance of the Disney-ba...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-12-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL/COMEDY
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, ...
Once upon a time, a Broadway musical like Chicago would have automatically received a silver screen treatment – but that was before the popularity of the movie musical crashed and burned. Nevertheless, the enthusiasm surrounding the 1996 revival...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, ...
By the late 1950s and early 1960s, the musical had become one of the most popular motion picture genres. The list of past hits was impressive, including titles like Singin' in the Rain, South Pacific, The King and I, Oklahoma!, An American in Pari...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Natalie Wood, Eliot Feld, David Winters, ...
Is it possible to have more fun in a movie theater than with 8 Women, one of the most uplifting and delightful films to have come along this year? The product of French director François Ozon, 8 Women offers as much delicious enjoyment to the vie...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-09-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, ...