Product: Stormy Weather [VHS] (1980)
Rating: 4.0
Thin plot, lame script, great music, superlative dancing
Enough has been said in these other reviews about the music; its all true and then some. Wow! But the Nicholas Brothers just burn through their dance numbers, I mean, they are just really moving great on-screen. The Nicholas Brothers were known as a "specialty dance act" during their time - they were supremely athletic and did things no one else attempted, but the knock on them was that they were not as sophisticated and graceful as other top dancers. Of course, their act must be considered in the context of their times. The chances of them getting a lot of work by doing what all the other dancers did, even if they were able to do it better, were slim indeed. So they did things no else did, thereby ensuring that no white performers could replace them. Regardless, look at them go in this movie, and then tell me that they didn't belong in the top tier of dancers. Man, they are just incandescent!