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Sweet Charity

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Original title

Sweet Charity

Year

1969

Running time

149 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bob Fosse

Screenwriter

Peter Stone. Play: Neil Simon

Cast

Music

Cy Coleman

Cinematography

Robert Surtees

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Musical. Comedy. Drama. Romance | Prostitution

Movie Groups

Neil Simon Adaptations

Synopsis

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

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Rankings Position

#134 Best Musical Movies

Awards: 1969: 3 Nominations for Oscar: OST (Comedy or Musical), Costume Design, Art Direction

1969: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actress - Musical/Comedy (Shirley MacLaine)

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Critics' reviews

"A very good musical that should have been a great musical. Bob Fosse, making his film directorial debut, couldn't convey the verve he injected into the play to the movie version."

TV Guide
"A terrific musical film"

Variety Staff: Variety
"Although Shirley MacLaine tries hard, it's obvious that her dancing isn't up to the demands of the role"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"'Sweet Charity', the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, has been so enlarged and so inflated that it has become another maximal movie: a long, noisy and, finally, dim imitation of its source material."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"This has a lot of good ingredients but just doesn't quite manage to pull it off. It's looks dated and Shirley Maclaine doesn't quite capture the sympathies of all audiences. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

David Parkinson: Empire
"No masterpiece, but a generally underrated musical all the same."

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