Review of An American in Paris (1951) by Jim H — 15 Oct 2013
An American dancer/artist and piano player pursue Paris ladies with the help of a French singer.
Delightful and fun, as most classic film musicals are, An American in Paris features a wonderful score by the Gershwins and some truly great dance sequences by the legendary Gene Kelly. The plot is fairly basic, the one wrinkle being that the Parisian singer and the American are pursuing the same girl, but director Vincente Minnelli carries it at a solid, quick pace. It is nonetheless unfortunate that almost all Gene Kelly musicals contain an extended ballet sequence that does nothing to advance the plot; without this, as with Singing in the Rain, An American in Paris might have been a four-star film.
Overall, though it's largely insubstantial, this film is nevertheless fun to watch.
This review of An American in Paris (1951) was written by Jim H on 15 Oct 2013.
An American in Paris has generally received positive reviews.
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