Not the best Gene Kelly musical

Rating: 6/10 (8 March 1999)

I've read the raves, but I don't understand them. The dancing is rather tepid, the songs are fair, and Donald O'Connor must be an acquired taste. Gene Kelly's dancing with Cyd Charisse is great, but I would rank On the Town, It's Always Fair Weather, An American in Paris, and Brigadoon as far, far superior to this movie. Check them out - if you loved Singin' in the Rain, these other movies will completely blow you away.