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White Christmas

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White Christmas (1954)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:23

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: It may be too sweet for some, but this unabashedly sentimental holiday favorite is too cheerful to resist.

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA, CAPTAIN BLOOD, MILDRED PIERCE) changes directions with this holiday classic. Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest... Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA, CAPTAIN BLOOD, MILDRED PIERCE) changes directions with this holiday classic. Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. The film includes a veritable treasury of Irving Berlin classics: "Sisters," "Blue Skies," and of course "White Christmas." Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye are a joy to watch. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep".) [More]

Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Vera Ellen

Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Vera Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, Mary Wickes, John F. Brascia

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Robert Emmett Dolan

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Nov 21, 2000

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Though it's not as satisfying as it might have been, it still boasts great stars and catchy songs in addition to a love story, and is a perennial holiday favorite.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
11/27/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

With a cast like this, the ensuing light-hearted mayhem and Irving Berlin's title song, there is not much cause to complain if you're looking for nothing more than mild diversion.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/27/07
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/18/08
Time Out

Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

Although it’s really only peripherally about the Christmas season, White Christmas is still a holiday classic. And deservedly so.

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01/01/00
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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04/30/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

This was the Mamma Mia! of its day, a nostalgic blast of popular Irving Berlin showtunes gift-wrapped in new-fangled VistaVision that danced its way to the top of the 1954 box office.

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12/12/08
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Total Film

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11/21/02
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

The whole thing is rather forced and antiseptically cheerful.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/27/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Paramount’s first film in (lavender-hued) VistaVision was this pornographically soppy but, nonetheless, hearty and humorous 1954 festive romp.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/12/08
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

Hardly put me in a Merry Christmas mood.

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11/25/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A new score by Irving Berlin also contributed to its marzipan popularity. But it’s the title song that really produced lasting gold. That and the fake snow.

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12/12/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

No review available.

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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

is it un-American to say this is a woefully overrated mediocrity?

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07/29/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Good songs, nice performers, not much movie.

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11/25/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's a genuine classic.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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