The Music Man (1962)

Featured Audience Ratings

• Alexander D

  
  THE MUSIC MAN is a silly, humorous, hunky-dory "con artist" tale (on a treble and bass clef, of course), but it can also be boring to endure, and truly, the only memorable number is "76 Trombones".

• erika b

  
  One of a kind film. It really showed what music can do to people.

• Mark H

  
  Meredith Wilson's sparkling filmization of the landmark Broadway musical about a traveling con artist salesman and the small town he dupes. Rousing Americana's best asset is Robert Preston's memorable performance as Professor Harold Hill. His sunny portrayal brightens… More
  Meredith Wilson's sparkling filmization of the landmark Broadway musical about a traveling con artist salesman and the small town he dupes. Rousing Americana's best asset is Robert Preston's memorable performance as Professor Harold Hill. His sunny portrayal brightens every scene he's in. Virtually one musical number after another, there are moments of the sublime ("Seventy-Six Trombones", "Till There Was You") and the expendable ("Gary, Indiana"). The latter contributes to film's almost unbearable 151 minute running time. A bit of editing and perhaps a less stagebound production would have made this a near-perfect adaptation. Nevertheless those minor infractions are far outweighed by the joyous singing and dancing that is on display in this most appealing musical.

• danny d

  
  while i love the story, some of the music was a bit bland and i didnt believe the love story between preston and jones much. preston did almost too well playing the slimey traveling salesman to believe his redemption would come so quickly, even with the very beautiful shirley jones… More
  while i love the story, some of the music was a bit bland and i didnt believe the love story between preston and jones much. preston did almost too well playing the slimey traveling salesman to believe his redemption would come so quickly, even with the very beautiful shirley jones at the root of it. over all this is a wonderful classic that is expertly acted and fun to watch.

• Jennifer X

  
  Ummm, it's basically really boring, and long. It's not much of an artistic achievement, and the songs are very okay. It's not a terrible musical, but it IS hard to sit through.

• Curtis L

  
  The librarian song is cool. And trouble with a capital t rhymes with p, and that stands for POOL!

• Megan S

  
  This is my favorite musical ever. The songs are just so fun. They did an awesome version of it at my high school.

• Michael G

  
  Loved it when I was a kid but I haven't seen it since the 80s.

• Leigh R

  
  Not that interesting.

• Lanning :

  
  I actually played one of the members of the barbershop quartet in a stage version of this. The movie . . . is better :)

• Dannielle A

  
  It's fun at times, especially toward the end, but there are a lot of boring songs in it.

• Andrew F

  
  It is a classic musical. All of the music is great.

• Sarah P

  
  I found it hard to sit through. It was really cheesy and just not that entertaining.

Read all 13 featured audience ratings