Debbie's hammy performance

URGGG! Another basher who has an opinion. Does "Singing In The Rain" hold up? Does "Citizen Kane" hold up? I know the "Twilight" Saga does....geesh

I agree with you. It seems like a lot of people don't know what the word "outdated" actually means.
Who said all silent films are out of date? What, just because there's no dialogue?
Fritz Lang's Metropolis is still a magnificent film to watch that can be absolutely breathtaking in moments.
Charlie Chaplin is still funny. Debbie Reynolds is not.
Her performance here is terrible. I realize it was a different time but she plays the whole things on one note.
Not to mention the terrible job that the editors did at her lip syncing and the "incomprehensible yelling dialogue" dubbing.
Today it does play as a little hammy.
Singin in the Rain and Citizen Kane are both still wonderful pictures.
Molly Brown is weak in many aspects but one of the main ones is Debbie's performance.
And it's sad that this is her only oscar nom. She was so great in so many other films.

A better signature.

I absolutely loved her in this movie. It's the reason I watch it.

Aw c'mon! It's Debbie Reynolds! Would you expect anything less???

"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"

I saw this when it aired last week and enjoyed it very much. I could only give it a 7; it's uneven, the only memorable song is "I'll Never Say No," and, yes, it's often over-the-top. But Debbie Reynolds is the main reason to see this. It was the role of a lifetime for her, to show she could do it all - comedy, drama, singing, and dancing. She definitely played it too broad for some scenes; on the other hand, her presence and multidimensional talent often carried the film since it's more comedy than musical, and yet thin in plot.

I can appreciate it for what it was in its day. It is very over the top .. Sappy. I watch Gone with the Wind at least once a year. It's dated but great. Ben Hur, GiGi, North by Northwest ... All dated. If you watch a lot of films from this period they are all very similar. Either you're into old movies or your not. Once you get a feel for a certain era you have the ability to see past the quirks of that time in Hollywood.

I'm not really into Musicals but I still watch them.

I enjoyed the movie after they moved to Denver. Before that it was painful. I only sat thru it because the elderly person with me wanted to see it. It was the corniest performance I ever watched.

I've always liked the film ever since I first saw it as a kid, and that wasn't too long after it came out. I still like it, and I generally like her performance.

The generally part is that, to me, there are times that her performance was more of that of someone on the stage, trying to fill the theater and reaching the people in the back of the theater. Yeah, it may be in keeping with the real Molly, but the shout of the lines seemed more what I'd expect on Broadway and not a movie.

So, yeah, it is a bit hammy, but not so much that it really hurts the movie.

As that great philosopher Bugs Bunny said, "Something tells me I shoulda stood in bed."