Singing In The Rain - A Review

5 Stars - Glorious

I feel somewhat ashamed that it has taken me twenty one years of living to get around to watching Singing In The Rain. It's one of the all time classic films and it's easy to see why. This film is fun, colourful and energetic with a whole lot of heart.

The main appeal of this film is, to me at least, the performances from Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. They all give it everything they have, with Gene Kelly dancing through pneumonia to produce the perfect tap-dancing in the 'Singing In The Rain' scene and Debbie Reynolds, who wasn't a dancer, dancing till her feet bled for 'Good Morning' and Donald O'Connor hurling himself through the scenery in 'Make 'Em Laugh'. No one does anything by halves and it shows.

Also, Aunt Harriet from Batman is in it, what more do you need?

Few Scenes Are This Perfect

In short, a brilliant film, worth all the praise everyone lavishes on it.