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Title: Fluffy and harmless as a cloud
Review: When I rented this movie, I did so for a laugh. I thought it would be funny. And it was. But it was also surprisingly sweet and enjoyable. I could trash it for a pasted together story and some silly dialogue, but in the end, it wasn't trying to be much more than a bit of entertainment.Certainly, it's dated a bit. But that's just part of its charm. Strangely the 40s stuff is less dated than the 80s references. Odd when you consider how much closer we are to the eighties. And there is one sequence in particular (the big band/ rock band melding) that goes on just too long. But other than that, I can't say anything bad about it.Gene Kelly is terrific and Olivia Newton John comes across as likable and ethereal. There's some really oddball sequences here, and one really cool Don Bluth animated scene that is completely superfluous and completely enchanting.It won me over. Damn it, it won me over. And if you give it a shot, it just might win you over too.
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