The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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Audience Member The movie overall was good, but there were not many persons to root for. The movie seemed to be mostly about getting rich. The marriage between Molly and her husband did not seem happy. I liked the Titanic scenes. Debby Reynolds acted well. More romance and a better script would have helped. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Audience Member Debbie Reynolds plays the titular role as Molly Brown, a poor woman who comes into money and has to deal with the pitfalls and pressures of having " new money." I could not help but compare this role to that of Annie Get Your Gun. The acting was superb and the choreography perfect. The songs were okay, but definitely not of the caliber of some of the more well known musicals. Harve Presnell and Debbie Reynolds played off of each other well, and both characters were likable, realistic and well-formed. Highly recommended. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review jordan m This reminded me of a few other movies I'd seen where the main character is portrayed as horrendously greedy for money & popularity but done in a way that's not apparently intended to disqualify her from empathy. It's as though the people involved in the movie industry are so used to seeing that type of personality (it's surely partly necessary if one is ever to become a movie star) that they don't realize how alienating it is to a standard audience member, who finds it mildly insulting that she's so desperate to leave the type of life that the audience is generally living. We end up sitting through over two hours of an undeserving woman going on an unbroken streak of life victories with almost none of the movie's focus going toward the primary points of interest for me, namely some song/dance numbers & her surviving the Titanic sinking. Debbie does an excellent job here not just at portraying Molly but also doing so in a peculiar way that didn't leave me thinking that she was like that in real life; she seemed to shine brightest in the scenes where her character draws on her inner strength, much unlike Bette Midler did in the atrocious 2000 movie, Isn't She Great. She deserved her Oscar nomination, as did the cinematographer for the excellent color palette & establishing shots. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Didn't work at all despite the always entertaining Debbie Reynolds. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Lively MGM musical based on a true story with an energetic, Oscar-nominated performance from Debbie Reynolds; Harve Presnell made his film debut and sings Meredith Willson's score beautifully. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review jona i Corny. But nice ruckus-frolic numbers. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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