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.
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... [More]
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Vera Ellen
Director: Michael Curtiz
Reviews for White Christmas
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 3/6 |
Paramount’s first film in (lavender-hued) VistaVision was this pornographically soppy but, nonetheless, hearty and humorous 1954 festive romp. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
It's a nice, if undemanding, Yuletide treat. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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10/10 |
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 |
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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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
To be honest, it couldn't go wrong. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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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 |
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The whole thing is rather forced and antiseptically cheerful. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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C+ |
Hardly put me in a Merry Christmas mood. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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5/5 |
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3/4 |
This slightly racy studio musical from 1954 isn't the holiday classic you might think Full Review |
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A- |
Love, music, and gorgeous Technicolor mesh nicely. It snows on cue every time you see it.
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3/5 |
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