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By Giffy G (176) on 04 Oct 2007

The movie had its charm, its moments, and its wonderful dance numbers. Unfortunately, I expected way too much from it…

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By Deryck K (2) on 04 Oct 2007

The movie had its charm, its moments, and its wonderful dance numbers. Unfortunately, I expected way too much from it…

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By Robbie P (123) on 14 Sep 2007

I adore this movie, Anita wasn't keen when it was first released back in '29 but she likes it now…

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By Neil G (160) on 15 Aug 2007

Anita Page is the only living person who was at the first Oscars in 1929. Amazing movie. So carefree and simple. I love it…

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By Ross B (404) on 28 Jul 2007

One of the first real musicals, released right around the time sound was becoming commonplace in films…

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By Dianna P (28) on 24 Jul 2007

I loved it! I was unexpectedly delighted with it…

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By Emily B (973) on 27 Jun 2007

The second Best Picture Oscar winner and the very first that used the then-new advent of sound was The Broadway Melody, a totally under-rated…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 18 Jun 2007

Pretty good considering the fact that hollywood had only recently taken the leap towards talkies…

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By Christine G (117) on 13 Jun 2007

Takes you back to 1929, which I think is pretty neat all in itself…

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By Tom S (1,076) on 04 Jun 2007

The main attraction for me was that it was one of the first sound films, and the first full length movie musical. How could I resist…

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By Sid Silverman (5) for Variety (12,700) on 01 Mar 2007

It’s pretty near a classic in how to take a talker and then cut it to keep it moving…

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By Kevin S (2,121) on 31 Dec 2006

One of the first talking movies and it takes great pains to prove it…

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By Jarryd R (168) on 31 Dec 2006

One of the first talking movies and it takes great pains to prove it…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 04 Oct 2006

Mediocre performances and poorly-constructed musical numbers are the low points in this modestly interesting all-talking, all-singing production…

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By Mark Bourne (144) for DVDJournal.com (111) on 06 Apr 2006

cinematic evolution long ago froze The Broadway Melody in Precambrian amber…

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By James H (4,675) on 14 Jul 2005

VERY UNDERRATED SECOND BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER…

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By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 13 Jun 2005

It is abundantly clear that they had not yet figured out how to stage or shoot musical numbers for the screen…

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By David Cornelius (645) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 27 Feb 2005

Its function as genre blueprint makes for quite the curiosity. More importantly, it also stands up quite well as a solid evening's entertainment…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 19 Feb 2005

Mainly a curiosity for film buffs who want to see how musicals erupted in the early days of the talkie…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 14 Feb 2005

Without taking the historical context into account it would be impossible to imagine that it won the Best Picture award…

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