Let's face the music and dance, indeed.
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06/24/06
Pennies From Heaven (1981)
87 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 20 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
A complicated little musical, Pennies from Heaven is a dazzling, tragic spectacle.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: Herbert Ross's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is a lavish adaptation of the BBC series of the same name; it's a contemplative avant-garde musical in which drab everyday surroundings magically become movie sets and everyday speech suddenly turns into song. Steve Martin stars as Arthur, who sells sheet... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper
Reviews
Top Critic
Potter adapted his immensely successful British TV series into a Hollywood script that maintained most of its intelligence as well as the musical numbers.
05/24/03
Top Critic
Almost as if he were directing Pinter, Herbert Ross has actors speak a line, then wait two beats before delivering the next phrase. Technique smothers such ordinarily lively performers as Martin, Peters and Harper.
05/20/08
Top Critic
Not for everyone, but those who respond to it will find it unforgettable.
05/20/08
Top Critic
O ótimo conceito deste musical torna-se ainda mais fascinante graças às belas coreografias, aos ricos figurinos, à impecável direção de arte e, é claro, à magnífica fotografia de Gordon Willis.
07/08/07
Top Critic
The movie, though, is not easy to respond to. It's chilly without being provocative in any intellectual way.
08/30/04
Top Critic
Dark as night but perfectly lit, a little sad but with a song in its heart.
03/26/04
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