You Were Never Lovelier

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Steve D 06/11/2023 Contrived nonsense with little to recommend. See more william d @acsdoug 05/26/2022 I understand that when you watch a Fred Astaire movie you have to sit theough a second rate story before you get to see Fred dance. This story was particularly insipid, however, and the dance numbers were few and cheaply staged. Rita Hayworth, however, was not just another pretty face. The woman could dance. See more Luca D @JoeCamel7 09/29/2021 "My boy, a woman's advice isn't worth listening to. But any man who doesn't take it is a fool." The beginning of this movie is a bit rocky. The actors clearly wait for their cue to begin their lines. The tap dancing is also poorly dubbed. The movie then quickly progresses into a movie worth watching. Overall it's a cute romance. The title song is probably the worst song in the movie, but all of the others songs are really good. I would recommend this if your a fan of romance. See more s r @ScottR 09/12/2020 A feel good musical romance as a rich older daughter struggles to find love in South America and an interested dancer "courts" her in order to gain work. It all works out in the end though. See more 05/31/2020 Coming at the end of the Screwball era, this film has some of the hallmark tropes: marriage and/or re-marriage, clash of social classes, a headstrong woman... and yet it's a musical with well-integrated songs (something Astaire often insisted on) bordering on classic stage farce. Astaire confessed at one point in his career that Hayworth was his favorite dancing partner, due to the sheer electricity between them and that sizzle is very apparent in this film. Despite the fairly old-school devices in the story (the sisters must marry in order), this movie and its plot comes across as extremely modern. Xavier Cugat has a supporting (speaking) role in addition to being the backup band, lending a latin, big band sensibility to the musical numbers, and some of Robert's (Astaire) characteristics are straight from Astaire's own life (race horses, wearing a necktie and/or scarf as a belt). It's a star-studded spectacle but thoroughly modern (for 1942). There's cynicism mixed with pampering people for their dreams, making for a complex dynamic of real life truths. Watch this for the electric scenes between Astair and Hayworth and fall in love with the escapism, charm, lavish production design and cynic's fairy tale qualities. The black and white cinematography is also simply stunning (Criterion issue). See more 05/17/2020 I didn't love this quite as much as the previous Astaire/Hayworth outing "You'll Never Get Rich", but the dance numbers were just as good. Rita and Fred have such beautiful chemistry that I'm sad there aren't any more collaborations between them. They are such a joy to watch. I wasn't crazy about all the songs in this one... I actually found the "Ding Dong" song twee to the point of being actively annoying, and would skip those parts on my next viewing. See more Read all reviews

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