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Eye C The protagonist couldn’t be the best singer or dancer, BUT everyone else they are, and that last dance wow superb performance. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/05/25 Full Review John S The songs were lovely for the most part. The tap dancing brothers were a highlight. It's not a movie with much cohesive story though, and the dance number featuring the "black face" bonnets were very sad reminders of the time of which this film is a product. I was a little speechless. It's not a great film, but it's significant on a few levels. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/05/23 Full Review Emmett H It''s filled with good music and good dancing. Culturally unique. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute dynamite, zazz, razzmatazz, and more talent per minute than any other movie I can think of. Fats Waller live in performance in a choreographed musical! Lena Horne in three big sets you could watch with either the sound off or the video off and still rave about! The Nicholas brothers in a sequence that Fred Astaire himself called the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen! And that's not even mentioning Bill "Mr. Bojangles" Robinson, Cab Calloway - heck, everybody in the picture stacks talent on top of craftsmanship all the way up to the ceiling. You only have to compare "Stormy Weather" to some musicals - good ones - like "Gypsy" or "Pal Joey" to wonder how many movies this picture's 77 minutes would have been spread across if the performers had not all been been "colored." The flimsiness of the plot is mitigated by its brevity, the tightness of the budget is well-concealed, and the Jim Crow-era production is neither obtrusive nor opaque enough to conceal from any sane viewer just how awesome these people are. No need to hold your nose or avert your eyes - you aren't watching the producers or the sometimes questionable costumes, you're watching a whole lot of the greatest American dancers and musicians ever, at the top of their game. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member 77 years ago "Stormy Weather" was filmed starring an all-black cast with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne and an array of talented black musicians, singers and dancers. The Nicholas Brothers combined tap, jazz, ballet and acrobatics. The acrobatic tap duo's iconic scene from the 1943 musical "Stormy Weather is considered one of the greatest dance sequences ever, and it was unrehearsed and filmed in just one take. As the years pass I believe we appreciate more than ever the talent of this cast. Dance numbers and musical performances still make you want to get up and dance, move your body to the rhythm or just drum your fingers on the arm of your recliner and tap your feet. All dancers of the past 40 years should see this movie and learn we didn't create the dance moves in recent decades. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an American cinema classic and the title track, when it arrives, is as sublime as any performance ever captured on celluloid. It is astonishing that this movie even exists, for it captures the genius of Black America at a time when they could go fight Nazis and then come home to segregation and de facto apartheid. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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