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.
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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... [More]
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Margaret O'Brien
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Reviews for Meet Me in St. Louis
Bringing together the film musical's greatest talents, it displays a remarkable freshness.
05/24/03
In the words of one of the gentlemen, it is a ginger-peachy show.
05/20/03
No review available.
10/21/07
No review available.
08/08/02
Minnelli films Garland with love.
04/23/04
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.
12/15/08
Top CriticStill as fresh as a newly picked daisy.
11/27/05
The joys of the film linger with the music and encourage you to savor the true moments of family togetherness.
04/16/04
Top CriticMinnelli'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
06/30/05
Judy Garland's most famous role and her best performance make for entertaining viewing.
05/19/04
Minnelli's gracefully gliding camerawork is at its absolute best here.
04/08/04
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.
02/17/02
One of Hollywood's most astonishing achievements in Technicolor.
04/12/04
No review available.
09/19/02
...it grows on you. By the time it's over, you know you've had a good evening's entertainment.
04/25/04
The true magic is in the “Trolley Song” sequence, one of American musical film’s finest moments
01/14/04
One of Hollywood's all-time great musicals ... Judy has rarely been more lovely than she is here.
04/19/04
Film mixes feminism with joyous color, music and composition.
08/26/06
The onscreen blossoming of Judy Garland in Vincente Minnelli's career making hit. Pure heaven.
03/13/09
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