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Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasManages to honor the theatricality of the source yet becomes a fully cinematic experience. A gem.
- It has that bygone style, in which impossibly innocent ingenues suddenly break into blissfully tuneful song.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannHas slow patches and requires a generous suspension of disbelief. But it's also sweet and optimistic -- a welcome antidote to gloom.
- 70TNT RoughCutAndy KleinTNT RoughCutAndy KleinScrappy, sappy, and appealing.
- 70L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThis is the first Broadway-sourced movie musical in umpteen years, and you should see it, because the score is gorgeous.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe deliberate simplicity that works so well at the Sullivan Street Theater seems flat, anachronistic and almost spooky on the big screen.
- While the cast and songs are top notch, the predictability of the madness makes it pretty clear that this musical shouldn't have left the stage
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoIt seems like another misstep - the story just doesn't hold up to Ritchie's treatment.
- 40Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversShot five years ago by director Michael Ritchie. No release until now. Uh-oh. Disaster? Pretty much.
- 20VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasThe resulting film is one of too much reverence and not enough satire.