A trilha soa bem água-com-açúcar; os números carecem de coreografia (inexiste dança propriamente dita). Pecados que, no contexto do gênero, não hão de ser tidos como uma tempestade num copo d%u2019água. Vale só pelo desbunde visual proporcionado pela cenografia ultraluxuosa, colorida e texturizada com o ápice do bom gosto por Cecil Beaton. A avalanche de nove Oscars adquire, em retrospecto, ares de exagero.

Reminiscent of My Fair Lady, this film is an unexpectedly enjoyable frolic through Paris, circa 1900. Elegant ladies and charismatic gentlemen abound, and though it loses its momentum towards the end, the story is quite original. Leslie Caron is the epitome of charming (very Audrey Hepburn), and it's refreshing to hear a movie about France spoken in French accents as opposed to British ones.

Pretty, but not remotely charming.

Creepy pedo narrator leads to an even creepier plot.

Frolicking and light-hearted musical comedy bore, set in Paris to lavish sets and colors.

Sweet, charming and kind of conventional musical that won nine Oscars, including Best Picture. Far from a masterpiece, but still a good exemple of the genre at its peak in the 50s.

No.... This won Best Picture in the same year that 'Vertigo' only got noms for Art Direction and Sound?!! No-no-no. NO!

Meh, lame! It has 9 OSCARS. I understand the costume thing but rest of it was dull and even annoying. No charm at all.

Gets a '1' instead of a '0' because I noticed that Leslie Caron closely resembles Megan Fox.

Clueless mediocrity. It may be a lighthearted musical but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is completely genuine in its deplorable borderline creepy message. It's sometimes fun in a campy, 'I can't believe they thought that was a good idea' way, but it's unaware of that fact and so most of it isn't very fun at all. The songs aren't bad but they're not particularly good either, fluff that would be nice in a better overall film, but far from enough to save this wreck.

Beautifully photographed, and the music is charming. However, certain aspects of the story don't hold up all that well to modern sensibilities (blatant sexism and ephebophilia being the least of the plot's problems). Yes, I realize the movie takes place at the turn of the century, but I couldn't help feeling creeped out.

Three or four great numbers and a cast that promised slightly more than it delivered in my opinion. Charming and true to the period but lacking pace in the middle - a gentle comedy and mild romance. One for a wet afternoon.

The acting was really great, it was just too boring for me, even the music was not all that appealing to me. Also, the story-line is not to my like-ing. I understand it won all kinds of awards at the oscars, winning in each and every nominated event, it was just not my kind of movie to watch.

It doesn't hold up as well as other Minnelli musicals (or My Fair Lady, which it's quite similar to). But it does have Maurice Chevalier, delightful once again as a character both charming and pervy (few things are creepier than "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"). Nothing else really stands out, but it's all done well enough. Caron is cute, the sets and costumes are serviceable, and if few of the songs are very memorable, at least none of them are obnoxious. Plus: no boring ballet sequence.

The least camera movement in any musical ever. And the plot is creepy.