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  • Summary: The screen incarnation of America's longest-running theatrical production, The Fantasticks is a funny, mischievous and moving tale of lovers, carnivals, sword fights, magicians, comedians, romantic dreams, romantic delusions and the wisdom of letting true love follow its own course. (MGM)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Manages to honor the theatricality of the source yet becomes a fully cinematic experience. A gem.
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  2. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    58
    Fans starving for some song and dance celluloid may be satiated, but this movie version really shows the material's age.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    20
    The movie version overflows with affection and good intention, but unwittingly turns a bauble of cheerful fakery into something that mostly feels phony.

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