Judy Garland's most famous role and her best performance make for entertaining viewing.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:24
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 18 hrs 34 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a St. Louis family at the turn of the century. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the... Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a St. Louis family at the turn of the century. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the horizon: their father has been offered a job in New York City -- just as the World's Fair is coming to town and making St. Louis the "center of the world". Will they have to leave the home and town they love -- and their new boyfriends? [More]
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Margaret O'Brien
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Margaret O'Brien, Harry Davenport, Lucille Bremer, June Lockhart, Marjorie Main, Leon Ames
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Arthur Freed
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Reviews for Meet Me in St. Louis
Minnelli proves his eye for detail and captures the era and its values in richly colored, gentle images, displaying a startling balance of emotions from scene to scene, song to song.
Bringing together the film musical's greatest talents, it displays a remarkable freshness.
One of the first films to integrate musical numbers into the plot, it explores, without condescension or simplemindedness, the feelings that drive the family members apart and then bring them back together again.
The joys of the film linger with the music and encourage you to savor the true moments of family togetherness.
Minnelli's first triumph and one of Hollwood best musicals, displaying the director's concept of integrated musical with dazzling color and innovative swriling camera movment
Minnelli's gracefully gliding camerawork is at its absolute best here.
Combining some wonderful song and dance routines with a cast of memorable characters, Meet Me in St Louis is certainly one the best Hollywood musicals ever. It's also one of the least ostentatious.
...it grows on you. By the time it's over, you know you've had a good evening's entertainment.
The true magic is in the “Trolley Song” sequence, one of American musical film’s finest moments
One of Hollywood's all-time great musicals ... Judy has rarely been more lovely than she is here.
The onscreen blossoming of Judy Garland in Vincente Minnelli's career making hit. Pure heaven.
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