Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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100	TV Guide Magazine Close to perfect. A magical blend of the right story, a great score, and the astonishing choreography of Michael Kidd, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the big screen's most entertaining musicals.
100	Empire Emma Cochrane Great songs, great set pieces and solid performances in this colourful and infectiously enjoyable musical.
80	Variety This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show. Johnny Mercer and Gene de Paul provide the slick, showy production with eight songs, all of which jibe perfectly with the folksy, hillbilly air maintained in the picture.
80	The New York Times A fast, funny and sprightly rustic romp well worth seeing.
75	Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum A profoundly sexist and eminently hummable 1954 CinemaScope musical—supposedly set in the great outdoors, but mainly filmed on soundstages—with some terrific athletic Michael Kidd choreography and some better-than-average direction by Stanley Donen.
70	Time Out Circuitously derived from the tale of the rape of the Sabine women, this rather archly symmetrical movie musical is best seen as a dance-fest, with Michael Kidd's acrobatic, pas d'action choreography well complemented by ex-choreographer Donen's camera.
50	The New Yorker Pauline Kael It's marred by a holiday family-picture heartiness--the M-G-M back-lot Americana gets rather thick.

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