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Title: Horrible
Review: Whose idea was it to reduce Debbie Reynolds, who has a fine singing voice, to a screeching wreck? When she's not screeching, she's blubbering or strutting around as a two-legged caricature of false bravado. And she's a bit long in the tooth to be playing an urchin, as she does in the beginning of this movie. The choreography in this movie is unimaginative and lame, the characters are stereotypes, and Debbie Reynold's talents - on wonderful display in movies like Singing in the Rain - are totally wasted here. I saw this movie when I was a lot younger and don't recall liking it a lot, but I sat through it (saw it with my parents at a theater, so that's one reason why). This time around, I couldn't even get through it. I love musicals, but this one's a dud.
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