The dances are marvellous and on their own are enough to make the film worth watching, added to this the songs are quite lovely and the film is rather charming. But oh, the plotting! I know it's considered missing the point to complain about the story in a F+G musical but the film devotes so much time just to story and character development, instead of giving us another dance number, that I can't help but find it a bit frustrating when the story and character development is a bit lame.

Very delightful. Rogers is adorable. She and Astaire are very cute together and their dancing, captured in long unbroken takes, astonish. A marvellous thing of grace and beauty.

One of the team's best efforts.

fairly few instances of great dancing that impress, but nothing really detrimental either. has a couple great songs and some lackluster ones too, good thing the great ones are standards now. the plot and writing here are better...well at least more interesting that some of the other astaire movies i've seen.

The scenes in the snow made me want to love this movie, but it's got a heavy dose of corny humor, even for this period.

I loved the shit out of this. It was such a pleasant surprise to hear The Way You Look Tonight, which is probably my favourite song ever.

If you watch this film, don't judge it by modern standards as you'll entirely miss the point. This is a charming piece showcasing the chemistry between Astaire and Rogers. The dancing is amazing (a tap danced waltz in hold standing out). However, the film is of its time and some may object to the black faced routine and lack of substantive plot. However, despite this there is a style and truth that still manages to shine through - well worth a watch.

Charming film. I'm not fond of the long dance number in the middle, but the music is great. "The Way You Look Tonight" is a classic. Astaire and Rogers have a great chemistry although Astaires performance is quite flamboyant. Though Top Hat has a greater scale, this, in my oppinion, is the greater film.

It's difficult to watch a film with an extended blackface sequence but it's pretty high quality stuff.

The best Astair-Rogers dance-wise, if not plot wise.

A decent enough musical but other than the appeal of the leads there's nothing much holding this together. The musical numbers are sparse and uneven and the story in between is enjoyable but very formulaic fluff.

The dance numbers and musical bits are entertaining and fun. The stuff in between ranges from funny to simply mediocre though. That's not saying the movie's bad, just that it's not flawless. It's certainly entertaining and worth seeing if you enjoy musical and dance movies.

My personal favorite George Stevens film. Then again, who could possibly screw up a Fred and Ginger musical?

This isn't my first Fred Astaire movie, but it is the first time I've seen him with Ginger Rogers. And they truly are magical together. Watching these two magnificent dancers glide around the floor is an ecstatic experience. And the songs ain't bad, either. As for the story, well, it's nothing you haven't seen before and predictable as hell. But it's done in a charming, light fashion... mostly good gags, and terrific chemistry.

Some pretty sweet dance numbers, but everything inbetween is nothing more than average. The number with Astaire dancing with four silhouettes ("Bojangles in Harlem," I had to look it up admittedly) behind him is amazing.

One of the nicer musicals, but nothing out of ordinary.

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Pretty dumb plot but because of Astaire it just works brilliantly. Fred Astaire's blackface dance was golden.

A pair of dancing magicians on the silver screen.