Going My Way (1944)
78 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 14 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald are eminently likable, and film is pleasantly sentimental, but it suffers from a surplus of sweetness.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Synopsis: Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley (Bing Crosby) led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy, but his level gaze and twinkling eyes make it clear that he knows he made the right choice. After joining a parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown, June Lockhart
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Feel-good religious drama wasn't going my way, but it's hard to resist such good-hearted schmaltz.
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03/04/08
Major thread of gaiety runs through the proceedings, and McCarey has liberally sprinkled sparkling individual episodes along the way for cinch audience reaction.
01/28/08
Top Critic
Glossy escapist entertainment that's fun to watch but says nothing terribly noteworthy about the human condition.
10/24/06
A sentimental crowd-pleaser, well-directed by Le McCarey, this tale about a priest (Bing Crosby) assigned to a problematic parish was so popular that Paramount reteamed the same players the following year in the equally successful Bells of St. Mary's.
12/12/05
Leo McCarey's light direction of this well-acted comedy makes it perfectly watchable
06/19/05
Even though I love a good family film now and then, this was too much even for me. It was like having a root canal of cream filling.
09/15/03
It is so well directed by McCarey and played with such a sure touch that it just manages to avoid sermonizing or oversentimentality.
05/24/03
Top Critic
Overly corny, this feel-good musical is delightful in its naivety, even for the time.
08/30/02
How come filmmakers 50 years ago could do sentiment without going all sappy, and we can't do that now?
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