Its combination of maudlin sincerity, cruel slapstick, exotic romanticism and boogie -
down dance sequences may befuddle more than it entertains.
Not exact matches
There is a ton of talent on display here, all the way
down to the virtuouso title number featuring one of the Nicholas Brothers» most amazing
dance sequences ever.
SEX / NUDITY 4 - A young man tries to seduce an older woman: she wraps a towel around his shoulders then moves
down off screen and his face suggests that she might be doing something sexual but we see that she had been tying a towel around his waist in the shape of a diaper (there is an extended song and
dance sequence where she refuses him and he chases after her).
Indeed, her superfluous, slow - motion pole
dance that sits beside the film's opening credits
sequence does serve as a useful and immediate red flag as to the lazily familiar road the underpowered film will tumble
down.
There's a stunning
dance / dream
sequence, some beautiful shots of the landscape (including the titular body of water) and a one of the most heart - breaking scenes ever as the family sits
down to dinner after an unfortunate death (daughter asks mother: «So we just go on as if nothing has happened?»
The USO jitterbug
dance sequence is justifiably famous and the unmoored Ferris wheel lit up and rolling and wobbling
down the pier at the climax is awesome.
If it weren't for the
dance sequence credits the final scenes would have knocked my rating for it
down another full point.