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White Christmas

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White Christmas (1954)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:23

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: It may be too sweet for some, but this unabashedly sentimental holiday favorite is too cheerful to resist.

Rated: U

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:12-12-2008

Synopsis: Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA, CAPTAIN BLOOD, MILDRED PIERCE) changes directions with this holiday classic. Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest... Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA, CAPTAIN BLOOD, MILDRED PIERCE) changes directions with this holiday classic. Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. The film includes a veritable treasury of Irving Berlin classics: "Sisters," "Blue Skies," and of course "White Christmas." Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye are a joy to watch. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep".) [More]

Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Vera Ellen

Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Vera Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, Mary Wickes, John F. Brascia

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Robert Emmett Dolan

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Reviews for White Christmas

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Paramount’s first film in (lavender-hued) VistaVision was this pornographically soppy but, nonetheless, hearty and humorous 1954 festive romp.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/12/08
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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White Christmas is the cinema equivalent of an inappropriate festive snog under the mistletoe – you know you probably shouldn’t enjoy it but you just can’t help yourself.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
12/12/08
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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It's a nice, if undemanding, Yuletide treat.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
12/12/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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This was the Mamma Mia! of its day, a nostalgic blast of popular Irving Berlin showtunes gift-wrapped in new-fangled VistaVision that danced its way to the top of the 1954 box office.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
12/12/08
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Total Film

A new score by Irving Berlin also contributed to its marzipan popularity. But it’s the title song that really produced lasting gold. That and the fake snow.

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12/12/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

How many festive shopping experiences have been ruined by the sound of Bing Crosby gargling out White Christmas over department store tannoys worldwide?

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
12/11/08
Victor Olliver
Victor Olliver
Teletext
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10/18/08
Time Out
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With a cast like this, the ensuing light-hearted mayhem and Irving Berlin's title song, there is not much cause to complain if you're looking for nothing more than mild diversion.

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11/27/07
Channel 4 Film
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To be honest, it couldn't go wrong.

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04/17/01
Matt Ford
Matt Ford
BBC
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Though it's not as satisfying as it might have been, it still boasts great stars and catchy songs in addition to a love story, and is a perennial holiday favorite.

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11/27/07
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Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, along with VistaVision, keep the enteratinment going in this fancifully staged production, clicking well.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/27/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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The whole thing is rather forced and antiseptically cheerful.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/27/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

No review available.

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Hardly put me in a Merry Christmas mood.

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11/25/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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No review available.

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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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01/04/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

This slightly racy studio musical from 1954 isn't the holiday classic you might think

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12/15/04
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

Love, music, and gorgeous Technicolor mesh nicely. It snows on cue every time you see it.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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04/30/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
 
 
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