Rhapsody in Blue
Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 22, 1945 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
0
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75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Like Night and Day and Words and Music--film biographies about Cole Porter and Rogers and Hart, respectively--Rhapsody In Blue has little to do with the real life of its subject, but, as is the case with those films, its subject's wonderful songs are the main attraction. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Those who knew George Gershwin and the Gershwin saga may wax slightly vociferous at this or that miscue, but as cinematurgy, designed for escapism and entertainment, no matter the season, Rhapsody in Blue can't miss. Read full review
65
NPRLloyd Schwartz
In this movie, real history, in the form of the people who actually knew George Gershwin and performed his music, makes a bigger and truer impression than the Hollywood fabrications. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Biopic with all the usual faults plus Alda, as George Gershwin, at one point looking hilariously like a Frankenstein monster as he sits at the piano while protruding arms clearly not his own tinkle the ivories. Still, it's something of a musical feast, with a slew of old favourites and an outstanding all-black number on 'Blue Monday Blues'. When the music fails, there's always Sol Polito's lushly impressive camerawork. Read full review
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The New York TimesBosley Crowther
The performers are quite naturally restricted by the limitations of the script—and by the purely pedestrian direction that Irving Rapper has given them. Read full review
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