Howard Keel,
Jeff Richards,
Russ Tamblyn,
Tommy Rall,
Marc Platt
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Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the best MGM musicals of the 1950s. Most of the story takes place on an Oregon ranc... read more
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Release Date: July 22, 1954
Keywords:
howard keel,
seven brothers,
barn raising,
jane powell,
Howard Keel ,
Seven Brides ,
Jane Powell ,
Russ Tamblyn
DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
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Flixster Reviews (3,479)
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November 6, 2010It's great to watch this after so many years, this film is a remindeer to me that my obsession for films started very young and I would watch the same three scenes in this film every day as a kid.
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March 13, 2010People often think of the 1950s as just a repressed and conservative time in America, overlooking the fact that people were also quite odd and strange back then (watch a few episodes of the old Superman television series if you want further proof). Film-wise, the fifties were th... read more
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December 28, 2009It's certainly not the best musical around, but it does have some charm.
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September 29, 2009an absolute classic western/musical featuring archaic but fun characters, great dance and fight choreography, and perfect music for the story. i grew up on this film and it gets better with each viewing.
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May 19, 2008Thoroughly enjoyable rambunctious musical with Musical numbers by that always great Michael Kidd
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October 7, 2007Snappy, catchy, and fun! It was ridiculously sexist, so much to the point of hilarity. The story is none too original, but the Oregon territory serves as a nice backdrop for a Stanley Donen movie. And the choreography is stunning!
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January 26, 2009This movie really caught me off guard. I actually liked it. The songs aren't great, but all of the characters are really likable.
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January 20, 2009I thought this was really neat musical. It's fun and entertaining. I thought it was a well done film.
Critic Reviews
April 9, 2012
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
May 16, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show. Full Review
May 20, 2003
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Although the powers at M-G-M are deviating from the normal song-and-dance extravaganza in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, it is a gamble that is paying rich rewards. Full Review
April 9, 2012
Film4
The songs are not classic and the cast is exuberant rather than charismatic, but Kidd's energetic choreography triumphs. Full Review
January 3, 2010
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Donen's manipulation of spinning torsos and piston-pumping knees across Cinemascope sprawls is inventive everywhere Full Review
June 24, 2006
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
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. Full Review
June 17, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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... Full Review
October 10, 2004
Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
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. Full Review
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