the greatest

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2005)

I first saw "Singin' in the Rain" at the drive-in at age 4. It didn't do much for me. I saw it again in the 60s and still didn't get it. It wasn't until the 80s that I got it--in a big way. As a musical fan, even as a teenager ("Bye Bye Birdie" "Damn Yankees" and "The Music Man" were my favorites), I've watched "Singin' in the Rain" many times since, turning many people onto it as well. It is a thrill, a laugh, a beautiful dream even of Hollywood, and the damned raindance is the weakest scene for me, made even moreso by its being excerpted about a thousand times. (Of course that's the one I liked when I was 4.)
Like "Wizard of Oz", in a class by itself and should be seen by everyone, even or especially those that hate musicals...