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.
Every audience sniffle and tear has been taken into account.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
13 Dec 2006
fresh:
Call me a drongo, but this really is quite watchable (yes, I've seen it more than once).
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The movie has almost everything: music, romance, kids, spectacular scenery, religion, sentiment, comedy high and low, and, at the end, intrigue and adventure.