I fully expected to greatly enjoy this film as I did with Singin' in the Rain, but, I was disappointed. First the good: Gene Kelly's dancing is masterful and the energy he brings to a film is unmatched, even to this day. Leslie Caron is also superb in her dance performances. I enjoyed both Levant's acting and musical numbers as well.
Now the bad: The acting is comically wooden. The story is paper-thin, disjointed and at times senseless. Some characters don't really have any real resolution to their issues (poor Milo! and how can Henry look so happy when he brings back Lise at the end?!), I can give a pass to most of this in a musical, but the interminably-long (18 minutes), voiceless, seemingly-random interpretive dance / ballet number at the end of the movie is just such an oddball way to end a movie that I was left a little pissed off at wasting so much of my time.
Now the bad: The acting is comically wooden. The story is paper-thin, disjointed and at times senseless. Some characters don't really have any real resolution to their issues (poor Milo! and how can Henry look so happy when he brings back Lise at the end?!), I can give a pass to most of this in a musical, but the interminably-long (18 minutes), voiceless, seemingly-random interpretive dance / ballet number at the end of the movie is just such an oddball way to end a movie that I was left a little pissed off at wasting so much of my time.