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Fitzgibbon is inclined to look the other way, siding with the boys because of their frequent church attendance. Mono Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording. If this movie was a simple comedy I would be "They did what they want. And that's not nothing. George McKay as Mr. Not a TCM Member? Barry Fitzgerald plays the cantankerous older curmudgeon already running things, unaware that time has passed him by.
It would make a really weird double feature with that other Best Picture winner "Spotlight. Tough to watch with uncynical eyes in , maybe I'm giving this short shrift. I like Bing Crosby. I like schmaltz at Christmas. But this is a cinematic tooth ache. The direction was so lethargic, I thought it would never end- it was a very long two hour running time. Everytime I thought it would wrap up, it would launch into a new subplot.
You think the third act is resolved when Bing sells his song and the parish is saved- NO! We need to watch them play golf Really hokey and hasn't aged well. One of the weakest Best Picture Oscar winners. Nothing really happens, especially nothing that justifies its 2 hour running time. Leo McCarey directs this multi-Oscar-winning musical in which an unconventional young priest tries to help a poor church and parish in New York. This is the movie which made Bing Crosby a huge star, and is arguably his finest hour, in one of his best known films. While dispensing with some uncompleted establishment from his previous life in the form of an old flame who now entertains at the Metropolitan….
Crosby and Fitzgerald were both great, however I came away a little let down after watching much more finely tuned films over the past few days e. I realize that I'm comparing this to two of the greatest films of all-time, but this felt rather slow and prodding See what's on her Watchlist.
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After joining a parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of kids looking for direction and handle the business details of the church-building fund, winning over his aging, conventional superior, Father Fitzgibbon. Going My Way is just great, no doubt about it. By now, if you're reading my review, you already know the players and the plot. I'm not sure if reviews are posted with the most recent first. However, I wanted to add my review because of just how powerful this movie is, even today.
As a young girl, I grew up on these types of movies. I watched them and appreciate them, however, not as much as I do today, now that I am a mother of two little girls.
I wanted to show them great films, for them to earn an appreciation of 'a feel-good movie' and I started with 'The Song of Bernadette'. My follow up was 'Going My Way' and they loved it -- so did my husband who had never seen it growing up. We're 70s kids, by the way, and 'Going My Way' has timeless relevance.
Going My Way is a American musical comedy-drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Based on a story by Leo . Bing Crosby and Jean Heather in Going My Way () Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way () Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way ().
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