| re: If only the "Molly Brown" film were just a little bit better... |
| Last Edit: Delvino 07:07 am EST 01/23/18 |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:07 am EST 01/23/18 |
| In reply to: re: If only the "Molly Brown" film were just a little bit better... - keikekaze 03:16 pm EST 01/21/18 |
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It's a startlingly truncated score, so oddly dependent on reprising the same melodies. I personally think "Are You Sure" is one of Willson's finest numbers. It also deepens Molly at a point in the show when she's been rather one note. The Grimes recording of the song is just sublime. And it has a genuinely powerful spiritual component, again, that makes Molly more compelling.
But this film settles for a lot of surface stuff that showcases a Reynolds not entirely comfortable with it. She feels so ... Burbank. Too bad.
I wonder how Shirley MacLaine would've fared. She was the studio choice. |
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