Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford

They just don't make musicals like this any more. There are some who would be grateful for that--the plot is but a flimsy excuse to string together song and dance numbers. Some of us, however, love bi...( read more  read more... )g, splashy, overdone musical scenes, of which there are many. Glittering stage numbers showcase a commanding Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levy, a New York matchmaker who can find a mate for anyone. Anyone but herself, that is. Determined to marry wealthy Walter Matthau, she lures him out of Yonkers and sets about wooing him.

Don't worry about the lack of a solid story or Gene Kelly's pedestrian direction. Watch instead for the musical numbers and the lavish costumes. Listen to Jerry Herman's score, and dance around the living room when a sequined Streisand arrives in a club as Louis Armstrong strikes up the title tune for her benefit. (Just pull the shades first.) Based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! won Academy Awards for best sound, art direction, and musical score. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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G, 146 min.

Directed by: Gene Kelly

Release Date: December 16, 1969

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DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003

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  • June 21, 2009
    My mom had a habit of dropping us kids off at the theater on Saturday afternoons so she could get in a little "me-time" while the three of us watched a movie. On this particular Saturday, we were the only three people in the theater. That could be because small-town, USA simply...( read more) was uncultured and unsophisticated, or it could be that this movie sucked big giant ostrich eggs. You decide.
  • June 16, 2009
    I had NOO Idea that Barbra Streisand could sing like that! wow...She was great in the role of Dolly just the way she is all of the time!
    Micheal Crawford was very good as well. He AND his chicken legs! haha. I've been listening to him as the Phantom ever sense I was 5 and now SE...( read more)EING him and how he ACTS just makes me laugh and realize he must have great range! I love how he kinda stops and sucks in his lower lip, its just soo cute! ''
    Apart from Gene Kelly being a great actor he is also a very good director. Watching all these dance numbers i just think "ahhh i would be dying on the floor after the first 3 minutes" Exelent dance numbers.
  • August 26, 2006
    I don't think I have ever seen a film with more, glitter, sparkles, twinkles, frills and gilded over-the-top spectacle as in Hello Dolly. Simply the most extravagent Hollywood musical I have ever had the pleasure to feast my eyes on. And that is exactly what it is a feast for the...( read more) eyes, from the epically spectacular songs to the huge sets and countless extras, Dolly is impressive. It is also so very sweet so much so that it is almost bitter, everything is so pretty and colourful. But Streisand steals the show with her amazing voice that never takes a breath. This film, made in 69, is really where old hollywood ends but it goes out with a bang!
  • October 30, 2008
    Barbra Streisand vehicle. Probably got a whole new set of fans after Wall-E, can't see why it was included though. Wall-E had a good reason to watch it, we haven't. Michael Crawford is in it though...
  • September 23, 2009
    musical theater at its best.
  • September 18, 2009
    Funny at times. Really good.
  • August 21, 2009
    Barbra Streisand is way overrated.
  • August 2, 2009
    what can be said about dolly levi? one of the last big musicals to roll off the studio lines
  • July 30, 2009
    she is so different from this movie to meet the fockers!
  • July 17, 2009
    not so impressed by the story. good music though.

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  • lizrocks2686
    January 8, 2008
    i saw it for the first time ever tonight, and i loved it! i loved ever hour..minute..secent..every moment oh this movie. =]

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