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David F @dfulmer Aug 21, 2026 The dancing in this film is amazing. See more Scott R @ScottR Dec 5, 2025 NYT 1000 films. Some great performances and music, but the plot left much to be desired. A historically significant film nonetheless. Saw on YouTube. See more Eye C @ECinc May 5, 2025 The protagonist couldn’t be the best singer or dancer, BUT everyone else they are, and that last dance wow superb performance. See more John S @RT40486670 Oct 5, 2023 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. See more Emmett H @RT15843174 Aug 10, 2023 It''s filled with good music and good dancing. Culturally unique. See more Apr 28, 2022 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. See more Read all reviews

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