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1929

★★★★ Watched 09 May 2025

Beautifully shot silent from the redoubtable Borzage. Always appreciate Gaynor’s expressive face. Farrell is such a hunk. Final scene where they make out in the snow was very sweet.

2005

½ Rewatched 03 May 2025

A deeply silly exercise. Boy, this film hates women.

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2024

★★½ Watched 24 Nov 2024

Happy for everyone who got something out of this! But…I’m not that girl. Aside from a scattering of thrilling numbers, the bulk of this feels bloated, childish & slickly corporate. It’s a Happy Meal toy of a film. And this is coming from someone who liked what Chu accomplished with In the Heights a few years back. The singing sure was beautiful, though- especially those ravishing harmonies in Defying Gravity.

1995

½ Rewatched 31 May 2023

One of the worst Best Picture winners. It’s perplexing to me how Mel Gibson was once considered a sex symbol. Homophobic & sexist dross.

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