“Astaire and Rogers are so elegantly in sync that the ill-fitting conventions simply melt away.”

“…a vaudeville show shamelessly trying to pass for a feature film.”

“…musical numbers that veer toward the operatic, then turgid.”

“…a swath of glittery eye shadow splashed across mainstream American movie screens.”

“…mostly involves sermonizing of the stultifying kind.”

“The true pleasures of The Young Girls of Rochefort are its smaller touches.”

“…its defining trait is insistence.”

"Hathaway’s tragic solo leaves an aftershock that shudders through the rest of the picture."

“Kelly’s delight – not in his own movements, but in the sheer joy of being able to move – is contagious.”

“…like a big-time variety show, with Daniel Day-Lewis as the oddly selected host.