Stunning!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2012)

The hills really are alive with the sound of music when Julie Andrews takes the screen in this beautiful film adaption of the original Broadway musical. Andrews gives a dazzling performance as the spirited Maria who warms our hearts and takes us away into a lovely world of song and connects the viewers into the cinematic family. Her costar who was well chosen for the role of the stern, stoic and dashing Captain Van Trapp is Christopher Plummer who lights up the screen when he comes on. He seems cold and unlikable, but we soon grow to love him as Maria does. The film is full of wonderful and memorable songs like "Do-Re-Mi", "My Favorite Things" and "Climb Every Mountain." Any musical fan should see this terrific film and fall in love with the majestic beauty this picture presents as you journey into those hills.