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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:14

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: In the Oregon Territory, mountain man Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel, acting and singing with gusto) comes to town to sell his crops and woo a woman to be his wife, succeeding with spirited Milly (Jane... In the Oregon Territory, mountain man Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel, acting and singing with gusto) comes to town to sell his crops and woo a woman to be his wife, succeeding with spirited Milly (Jane Powell), who is tired of feeding and waiting on so many men at the local inn. Her dreams of keeping house for just one man are shattered when she discovers that Adam shares his pigsty cabin with six brawling brothers. Milly's good cooking and stubborn nature whip the young men into shape and inspire them to seek women of their own. But after a disastrous barn raising during which the brothers snare the attention of the town girls only to be taunted into fighting with the town men, Adam suggests his brothers forget gentle methods of love and follow the actions of the Roman with the Sabine ("Sobbin'") women. The kidnapping of their six sweethearts spurs Milly to throw the men out of the house, but enforced proximity caused by winter and the brothers' good intentions just might help love bloom again. [More]

Starring: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn

Starring: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Howard Petrie, Virginia Gibson, Ian Wolfe, Marc Platt

Director: Stanley Donen

Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Jack Cummings
Screenwriter: Albert Hackett
Composer: Adolph Deutsch

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Can anyone explain the appeal of this to me?

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Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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01/27/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/26/02
Cory Cheney
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly

Corny as heck.

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06/15/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Written directly for ther screen, MGM's popular musical benefits immensely from Stanley Donen's deft direction, Michael Kidd's dynamic choreography, and Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's Oscar-winning score.

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06/17/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

...a big, brawling, rollicking movie that, old-fashioned or not, helped to open up the movie musical to widescreen singing and dancing.

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10/08/04
John J. Puccio
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Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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06/26/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

The songs are knowingly corny and catchy as hell, the dancing is (quite rightly) renowned, the story is ludicrously sexist, and the whole film is just exceedingly watchable.

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Matt Bailey
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Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

one of the greatest musicals, if not movies, of all time

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Pete Croatto
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