G | 2h 24min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 18 December 1968 | Color, ws
Director: Ken Hughes
Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries.
Marc Breaux ... stager: musical numbers
Dee Dee Wood ... stager: musical numbers
11 songs performed in the Soundtracks.
Rated 5 on 2015-01-21, and I must concur today.
These are the same choreographers as for Mary Poppins ('64), and the dancing is good-ish, with best number Me Ol' Bamboo, but the Step in Time number in MP was much, much better.
This didn't hold my attention, so I didn't follow the majority of the plot, but discovered it was just a story DV was telling during an outing.
Not only is the film too long, but each and every musical number is too long, especially the excruciating title song.
The colors are vivid and pretty.
I'll tack on a + for the dancing and the color. But if I ever watch this again, it would be to fast forward to the dancing.
distr. UA, dir. Hughes; 5+
