Review of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) by Scott R — 03 Jan 2018

The musicals that were released in the three quarters of the 20th century are commonly grand by the scale of the said adjective in their performances/talents of doing the number. But they had the challenge of keeping that energy constant without breaking the flat line to go down. The number's the source of energy of a musical to bring that bar up, while the substance of the break between the previous and the next number sometimes can bring it down when it's becoming a little somewhat bland. But the reason behind that is so that the stars can rest and restore their singing energy to have enough to lift the bar back up to the level of a film with an A rating.

"Meet Me in St. Louis" has a beauty in its story and heart with few good numbers that sticks to that grandness. While the substance between those numbers may be what I was just went over, this musical managed to receive a rating with a letter grade of the A by its beauty and some grand. (A-).

My reason watching this was that it stars Judy Garland sometime after "The Wizard of Oz." This is the first film I've seen of her outside of that Dorothy costume, which made this a compelling musical to see if you haven't seen any of Garland's other musicals.

(Full review TBD).