The Sound of Music
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: March 2, 1965 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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6
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3
Negative:
2
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100
The TelegraphSarah Crompton
As for Andrews, she is just a joy, conveying enough doubt beneath that brisk, clean exterior to stop her character becoming a prig; her comic timing and the way in which she convinces in her relationships with the children are so understated they can be underrated. Read full review
100
VarietyWhitney Williams
The Robert Wise production is a warmly pulsating, captivating drama set to the most imaginative use of the lilting R-H tunes, magnificently mounted and with a brilliant cast headed by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer which must strike a respondent chord at the box office. Read full review
100
The Hollywood ReporterJames Powers
The 20th-Fox release will be one of the movies' all-time hits, one of the all-time great pictures. It restores your faith in movies. If you sit quietly and let it take, it may also restore your faith in humanity. It does this with infectious wit, with consistent gaiety, with simple and realistic spirituality, with romance of heartbreak and heartmend. This is set against the most beautiful scenery you have seen in your life. The Sound of Music is quite a picture. Read full review
100
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
One of the greatest screen musicals ever. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsKate Cameron
Robert Wise has transformed the delightful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical stage production of "The Sound of Music" into a magical film in which Julie Andrews gives an endearing performance in the role of Maria, the governess. Read full review
80
The GuardianXan Brooks
Robert Wise's adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical still has a little soul in its bones, with its reactionary nature tempered by Ernest Lehman's supple screenplay, and its elephantine running-time eased by a set of songs that lodge in your system like hookworms. Read full review
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