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- 1969
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 29 m
- 1969
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 29 m
Summary Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Directed By: Bob Fosse
- 1969
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 29 m
- 1969
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 29 m
Sweet Charity
53
7.0
Summary Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Directed By: Bob Fosse
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
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3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Sweet Charity is, in short, a terrific musical film. Based on the 1966 legituner [by Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, based on Federico Fellini's film, Nights of Cabiria], extremely handsome and plush production accomplishes everything it sets out to do.
A very good musical that should have been a great musical. Bob Fosse, making his film directorial debut, couldn't convey the verve he injected into the play to the movie version.
This has a lot of good ingredients but just doesn't quite manage to pull it off. It's looks dated and Shirley Maclaine doesn't quite capture the sympathies of all audiences.
Although Shirley MacLaine tries hard, it's obvious that her dancing isn't up to the demands of the role. It's a disaster, but zoom-happy Fosse's choreographic conceptions are intensely dramatic, and the movie has some of the best dancing in American musicals of the period.
Sweet Charity, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, has been so enlarged and so inflated that it has become another maximal movie: a long, noisy and, finally, dim imitation of its source material.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.0
80% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Laurel Awards
• 2 Nominations
