THE Great Musical

Rating: Null/10 (15 September 2000)

I just watched this movie for the first time on VHS the other day. What a great film! Sure, some of the dance numbers are weird and/or go on too long, but that's just me and I'm generally not captivated by songs. But in this movie, they're mostly great, including "Make 'Em Laugh", "Moses", and, of course, that title sequence. Also, the leads are fantastic- although Gene Kelly as the hero was pure exuberance personified I really admired more Donald 'O Connor, whose legs seems to be motorized and who was the definition of the word "rascal". And who knew that Debbie Reynolds was so cute back in the day? All in all, a movie highly recommended if you love to watch movies just for the sheer joy they can have.