Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (53,466 ratings)

Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the best MGM musicals of the 1950s. Most of the story takes place on an Oregon ranch, maintained by Adam Pontabee (Howard Keel) and his six brothers, played by Jeff Richards,… More

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Jul 22, 1954 Wide
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    A profoundly sexist and eminently hummable 1954 CinemaScope musical with some terrific athletic Michael Kidd choreography and some better-than-average direction by Stanley Donen.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show.

  • Stephen Garrett, Time Out

    This rather archly symmetrical movie musical is best seen as a dance-fest, with Michael Kidd's acrobatic, pas d'action choreography well complemented by ex-choreographer Donen's camera.

  • A.H. Weiler, New York Times

    Although the powers at M-G-M are deviating from the normal song-and-dance extravaganza in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, it is a gamble that is paying rich rewards.

  • , Film4

    The songs are not classic and the cast is exuberant rather than charismatic, but Kidd's energetic choreography triumphs.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lady D


    It's great to watch this after so many years, this film is a remindeer to me that my obsession for films started very young and I would watch the same three scenes in this film every day as a kid. A musical with a love theme, yet perhaps not in it's traditional sense. The… More

  • Devon B


    People often think of the 1950s as just a repressed and conservative time in America, overlooking the fact that people were also quite odd and strange back then (watch a few episodes of the old Superman television series if you want further proof). Film-wise, the fifties were the… More

  • Tim S


    It's certainly not the best musical around, but it does have some charm.

  • danny d


    an absolute classic western/musical featuring archaic but fun characters, great dance and fight choreography, and perfect music for the story. i grew up on this film and it gets better with each viewing.

  • Leigh R


    So very cute and wonderfully musical.

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