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7.7 you've got to be kidding me....


I'm a huge Gene Kelly fan. And i watched this film yesterday for the first time. At the end i just thought "wow this is probably a 5.6 or 6.0-film" at IMDB. And now I see this.

Seems like most people are enchanted by the flair and magic of the musicals of this period (which on the town has). But in fact I found it very very boring and pointless. It was a major pain to go through this film. It had some nice songs, yeah but thats it.

Seems like people are like "wow it was portraying one day of action with time codes in the picture, must have been the first of those, lets give it 10 points", well stuff like that doesn't make a decent film.

If this is 7.7 "Singin in the rain" must be 9.9....

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I love Take Me Out to the Ball Game so much. On the Town is such a mess. I can't stand both Ann Miller and Vera Ellen, they are both so unappealing and AM as always has those loud fake taps. Betty Garrett is always breath of fresh air. Sorry for errors this tablet won't let me correct very well.

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I love Take Me Out to the Ball Game so much. On the Town is such a mess. I can't stand both Ann Miller and Vera Ellen, they are both so unappealing and AM as always has those loud fake taps. Betty Garrett is always breath of fresh air. Sorry for errors this tablet won't let me correct very well.

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10/10 from me this is one of the greatest musicals ever made!

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How can you be a "huge" Gene Kelly fan and not seen this film before? He professed it to be one of HIS favorite works.
I understand you may not like it, but a "huge" Kelly fan is doubtful.

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Singin In the Rain is a 10

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I preferred Take Me Out to the Ballgame much more than OTT. I think the music, dancing and comedy was better paced in TMOTTBG. I also think Esther Williams was just gorgeous. Betty Garret was definitely put to better use in TMOTTBG, but when she appeared on screen in OTT I did perk up. She is such a funny and likeable character actress.


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If this is 7.7 "Singin in the rain" must be 9.9....


It's an 8/10 for me (7.5 if it was possible on this site), and Singin' In The Rain is indeed one of my rare 10/10.

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agree that 7.7 is too high

it started out strong but lost steam for me, still an ok movie






so many movies, so little time

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