Watchable. And a landmark in film history, of course. Jolson has an expressive face and he carries the movie reasonably well. His dilemma needn't have been spelled out as much as it was, though.

The songs were good and I loved the story but I thought there would be more talking. Very monumental though. Very good.

Important, certainly, but dull. It has aged horribly.

After a semester in Silent Film class, hearing the dialogue was really interesting, and a very cool effect. But it's otherwise a pretty standard drama. Enjoyable enough to be watchable, but otherwise bland. The songs are good, the blackface not so much.

I have to admit, that I liked Jolson's singing.

Sure it's offensive, but it's also extremely boring.

Blackface and general datedness aside, it's a rather touching story about a man with conflicted passions. Much better than expected.

Al Jolson hits it big.

The musical numbers were entertaining enough and it moves along quickly, so it wasn't a total loss, but now I can somewhat empathize with those dinosaur movie execs calling talkies a novelty, a gimmick, and a passing fad. The entire film is just a vehicle for the new technology, nothing more.

I dislike the half-assed mannerisms of half-talkies.. If they wanted to do only the songs in sound and the rest with intertitles, fine. If they wanted to do everything with sound, fine. But for the love of god, why are they doing only random samples of discussion in sound? Otherwise it's a lot of fun and Jolson is a joy to watch, it's as if he's thoroughly excited about every note he gets to sing. It's cleverly humorous as well, and let's be honest here, blackface is always funny.