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Every audience sniffle and tear has been taken into account.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Sound of Music
The happiest sound in all the world!
1965 · 2h 54m · G
Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Directed by
Robert Wise
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The Sound of Music
Overview
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Director and cast
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83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Call me a drongo, but this really is quite watchable (yes, I've seen it more than once).
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
The septet of blond and beaming youngsters who have to act like so many Shirley Temples and Freddie Bartholomews when they were young do as well as could be expected with their assortedly artificial roles, but the adults are fairly horrendous.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
The movie has almost everything: music, romance, kids, spectacular scenery, religion, sentiment, comedy high and low, and, at the end, intrigue and adventure.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A warmly pulsating, captivating drama.
Whitney Willaims, Variety
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