The Harvey Girls
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: January 18, 1946 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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83
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
The Harvey Girls isn't really anything special, cinematically speaking. This run-of-the-mill Judy Garland musical is notable mostly for its Oscar-winning song, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe."[10 May 2002]
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
THE HARVEY GIRLS has a little of everything: songs, dance, action, romance, and the triumph of virtue and chastity over the forces of saloondom. Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneStaff (Not Credited)
Garland may be the star, but it's Lansbury's turn as the bad girl that audiences will remember. [26 Apr 2002, p.40]
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
It may be a rather lofty tribute to Fred Harvey's girls, but it's a show. Read full review
70
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The central conceit of glorifying progress and moral uplift in a musical comedy set in New Mexico in the 1880s is certainly a strange one, but it worked out surprisingly well--though the charm is mostly heavy.
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A likeable but aimless musical which doesn't know what to make of its plot (designed to cash in on the pioneer spirit of Oklahoma) about the Harvey House restaurants which followed the railroad into the West, bringing demure waitresses into the domain of rowdy saloon girls. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Judy Garland is magnificent in this charming musical with a number of star turns from the impressive cast. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A curious blend of Technicolor wild-westernism, frontier town skullduggery and a troupe of Harvey restaurant waitresses who deport themselves in a manner that's a cross between a sorority and a Follies troupe. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
It’s all wild, but too intentionally amped up to be any fun. Read full review
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