Fred and Ginger’s reunion film, their only in color and, sadly, their last. It could easily have been a train wreck, but with a clever Comden and Green screenplay it is as good as their classics — although very different. A little older now (and, from certain angles, startin’ to look it) and already married — it’s as if you’re checking in on the happy couple from one of the earlier movies to see how a life together on the stage has been treating them. Some of the scenes are actually — shock! — dramatic, but don’t worry. . .it’s still a corny musical. For god’s sake they wear kilts in one scene!
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.