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• AJ V

  
  This is a good movie based on the real life of Gypsy Rose Lee. The actors in this movie give good performances. Plus, it gives the audience a look at vaudeville too. I liked it.

• Spencer S

  
  The best numbers of any musical, essentially thanks to the amazing performance by Rosalind Russell, even if she was dubbed.

• Mark H

  
  Rosalind Russell is a force to be reckoned with as Mama Rose in this biographical musical about the humble beginnings of her daughter, 'Gypsy Rose Lee'. Natalie Wood shines in an appealing performance as the title character, a nice counterbalance to Russell's strident… More
  Rosalind Russell is a force to be reckoned with as Mama Rose in this biographical musical about the humble beginnings of her daughter, 'Gypsy Rose Lee'. Natalie Wood shines in an appealing performance as the title character, a nice counterbalance to Russell's strident display as the stage mother from hell. An eight-minute monologue at the end drags on the film's 144min running time, but overall an entertaining, lavish movie adaptation of the 1959 Stephen Sondheim / Jules Styne musical.

• Jennifer X

  
  Roz Russell is a force to be reckoned with but not the force I need for the greedy powerhouse that is Rose. There are some moments in which she shines but I admire her more than I am appalled by her. Also, she can't sing. Actually, a lot of people in this movie can't sing,… More
  Roz Russell is a force to be reckoned with but not the force I need for the greedy powerhouse that is Rose. There are some moments in which she shines but I admire her more than I am appalled by her. Also, she can't sing. Actually, a lot of people in this movie can't sing, except for June. But I didn't mind it so much this time because the screen personalities shined through. I don't think anybody really got that much material to work with except Rose, and Roz could've been better...I wish I had seen Ethel Merman in this role. She was so noisy and annoying in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World I KNOW she OWNED that role. Also, Natalie Wood fleshed out her character as best as she could, better than Cynthia Gibb.

• Leigh R

  
  Fantastic. Loved Russell and Wood so much.

• Byron B

  
  We see Gypsy Rose Lee and her sister grow up from a life in entertainment from very early ages. She is an awkward girl while her sister is bubbly, cute, and a great dancer. Her mother pressures them to be great for her own selfish needs for celebrity. Mama Rose is a character that is… More
  We see Gypsy Rose Lee and her sister grow up from a life in entertainment from very early ages. She is an awkward girl while her sister is bubbly, cute, and a great dancer. Her mother pressures them to be great for her own selfish needs for celebrity. Mama Rose is a character that is easy to dislike. It is only near the end of vaudeville in more desperate times that Gypsy Rose Lee falls into strip teasing and breaks away from her mother. Based on the Broadway musical, this movie seems like it is trying to recapture the glory of movie musicals from when they were more popular. It is set during the era of vaudeville but the cast and production don't appear that they fit in that time. It also does not appear to fit the 1960s. I did like Natalie Wood's toned down performance as a tomboyish youth and she looks stunning when she finally puts on a slinky gown for her first strip tease performance, but she and the style of dancing (teasing rather than showing everything) is so quaint now that it lacks much seductive power. Despite the movie's name Rosalind Russell as Mama Rose steals the show. This has a couple of good songs, but the central relationship between mother and daughter still seems unresolved. And I didn't get a sense that the story revealed much truth about who these two women were.

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