This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900s with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs. Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit Broadway musical.
A full-bodied Oklahoma! has been brought forth in this film to match in vitality, eloquence and melody any musical this reviewer has ever seen.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The film is so richly layered that multiple viewings become compulsive -- you think it's all there in front of you, but every time you revisit it, you notice something more, and finish with a desire to go back again.
– Douglas Pratt,
Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec 2005
fresh:
My favourite is the odd cast singing 'The Farmer and the Cowman should be friends', a sentiment I have long believed in.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
The film heaves and sputters from one indifferently rendered number to the next.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Nov 2007
fresh:
The wide screen used for the Todd-AO process adds production scope and visual grandeur, capturing a vista of blue sky and green prairie that can be breathtaking.