Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.
The Music Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Music Man (1962)
By Nell Minow (2,357) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 28 Dec 2010
Review of The Music Man (1962)
By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 22 Jan 2010
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The Music Man was released in 1962 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 441 reviews, giving The Music Man (1962) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 78%.
With a score of 77%, The Music Man is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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