There will never be another like it

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2006)

I definitely am a musical maniac and have never seen a musical I've enjoyed more than "Singin' in the Rain." I show this film to my eighth graders each year in music appreciation class. There's nothing better than "Good Mornin'," "Make 'Em Laugh," "Moses Supposes," and the title song. However, I always fast forward through the Cyd Charisse number. Why? Because IT DOES NOT BELONG IN THIS FILM. It ruins the flow of the story. How can such a masterpiece become so compromised? Did the writers/composers/directors take a week off? I just don't get it. Anyway, it remains my all-time favorite, even with this flaw, because nothing I've seen is even a close second. And it wins over my little cynical eighth graders' hearts every time I show it!