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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds) is determined to rise from her country roots and marry a rich man. She finds one in Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell), who's just sold off his lucrative claim on a Colorado silver mine. With the cash hidden in a stove, Molly accidentally burns it. But Johnny soon strikes it rich in gold, making the pair Denver royalty. But money doesn't ensure happiness and, with their union on the rocks, Molly travels to Europe -- before making an eventful return trip on the Titanic.
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Joan Didion Vogue Molly Brown is lively and fun, an exercise in those homely sentiments we learned as children, thrived upon, and, sometimes to our regret, outgrew. Mar 16, 2020 Full Review Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Debbie Reynolds is center stage in spirited 1964 musical. Rated: 4/5 Feb 7, 2017 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Debbie Reynolds received her only Oscar nomination for playing the title role of this artistically mediocre but commercially popular musical comedy about the rags to riches of the Denver heroine who was also a passenger on the Titanic. Rated: B- Jul 4, 2008 Full Review Daniel Eagan Film Journal International Razzle-dazzle biopic kept afloat by a determined Reynolds. Rated: 3/5 Oct 10, 2005 Full Review Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi Broomfield Enterprise Rated: 3/5 Jun 11, 2004 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) There's a reason why Charles Walters' musicals are less remembered than Stanley Donen's. Rated: 3/5 Aug 14, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Liam D It's light and bubbly with a great lead performance and some enjoyable musical numbers Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/11/22 Full Review robert p A genuine heartfelt movie, first Molly Brown comes back from the sinking of the Titanic to the animosity of her neighbors but then she has a Party inviting all of the wealthy and influential friends that shows up her neighbors as stuck up prudish people!!!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 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 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Didn't work at all despite the always entertaining Debbie Reynolds. 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 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds) is determined to rise from her country roots and marry a rich man. She finds one in Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell), who's just sold off his lucrative claim on a Colorado silver mine. With the cash hidden in a stove, Molly accidentally burns it. But Johnny soon strikes it rich in gold, making the pair Denver royalty. But money doesn't ensure happiness and, with their union on the rocks, Molly travels to Europe -- before making an eventful return trip on the Titanic.
Director
Charles Walters
Producer
Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter
Helen Deutsch
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 11, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
2h 8m
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