A one-off that can never happen again.

Rating: Null/10 (7 April 2002)

So many things came together in this film whether by fate or intent, that it transcends now even its own legend. It is the ultimate feel-good movie with at its core, decency, beauty, youth, dignity, happiness, femininity, love, unshakeable family values and a childlike quality wherein there is no place for corruption or evil. Its complete moral integrity brings tears to so many people realising where we are all going so wrong!
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a reaffirmation of all the goodness which exists inside the human condition. The perfect family, perfect father, perfect children and in an impossibly idyllic setting (well putting aside the NAZIS who were never a chance anyway) Like Peter Pan, they can never grow up, Liesl is every father's most beautiful young daughter on the threshhold of adulthood and to whom romance is that most magical of experiences. Even today, and probably because I have beautiful daughters about her age, her radiance and innocence brings tears to my eyes. If only they could stay forever as Liesl has!
Another reason for the film's staggering universal appeal is that it remains the ONLY musical that offered such simple, but enduring and well loved songs. There isn't a loser amongst them! Kindly name another film that can make this claim?
If every film in the world was by necessity destroyed, leaving only one, I would hope it would be THE SOUND OF MUSIC. A reminder to future generations of the potential for beauty that we all have, but rarely acknowledge, inside of us!