Can-Can

After his greatest stage success (KISS ME KATE) Cole Porter entered the last decade and a half of his life with a track record of hit and miss musicals. It was not that he lost his abilities to compose great songs.... Full review

Shirley MacLaine is a delight as the owner/operator of an 1895 Paris Night Club. The problem: A new, "disgusting" dance craze called the "Can Can" has swept Paris, and Shirley's night club seems to be the only place that dares... Full review

In 1960, when Can-Can was released, Frank Sinatra was at the top of his game-most powerful performer in Hollywood, #1 box office draw, (with Elizabeth Taylor) at the dawn of his Rat Pack Leadership, and he was making the best... Full review

"Can-Can" is a feeble and obvious attempt to match the wit and high professional gloss of "Gigi." The cast even included Maurice Chevalier, still enjoying the quiet pleasures of old age as a tolerant judge named Paul Barriere, and Louis... Full review

Another Cole Porter Broadway show makes it Hollywood, but not intact. Can Can retained most of its score, but 20th Century Fox added some other Porter standards like Let's Do It. Just One of Those Things, You Do Something To... Full review

Well, Can-Can is not a total loss, but it's not a 10-star gem of a movie either, but - it IS entertaining, but the biggest problem that I see with the film is that everyone looks like they're embarrassed to... Full review

I enjoyed the music, especially "It's All Right With Me" or "Do It - Let's Fall in Love". I absolutely love this movie and wish amazon.com would sell it again. I know that I would definitely buy it! Worth seeing... Full review

**SPOILER** This is a cute story that is well produced and acted. There are some very good numbers worth watching and the treatment of Paris by Americans is always amusing.However, the ending is a huge disappointment as it doesn't follow... Full review

I was all set to dislike "Can-Can" for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is Frank Sinatra cast in a musical set in 1896 France...Frank Sinatra??), but the film is a lot of fun. Sinatra and Shirley... Full review

Strangely enough, the weakest aspect of this musical is the quality of the songs. Most of them are fairly mediocre, and fail to stay in the memory for long. But otherwise, "Can-Can" is a smashing entertainment. Lavishly produced and gorgeously... Full review

Plus, the plot, reportedly trimmed down from the original musical, could use a few more characters to spruce up the main narrative line. Mostly, however, the movie places her between the hearts of two men: philandering lawyer Frank Sinatra (who's miscast) loves only her despite his straying ways, while straight-arrow judge Louis Jourdan has his carefully repressed nature shattered by her lovely presence. ... Full Review

Plus, the plot, reportedly trimmed down from the original musical, could use a few more characters to spruce up the main narrative line. Mostly, however, the movie places her between the hearts of two men: philandering lawyer Frank Sinatra (who's miscast) loves only her despite his straying ways, while straight-arrow judge Louis Jourdan has his carefully repressed nature shattered by her lovely presence. ... Full Review

Setting is fin-de-siecle Paris --the Paris of Art Nouveau, Toulouse-Lautrec and libertinism --and the ostensible premise is a conflict between free expression and censorship as personified by nitery owner Pistache (Michelle Duffy), a live-live-live Auntie Mame type, and priggish judge... ... Full Article

Mais non ! Helping inaugurate 20th Century-Fox's Marquee Musicals DVD line (which looks exactly like their Cinema Classics line), Cole Porter's Can-Can now appears for the first time on the DVD format. ... Full Article

Less Ooo-La-La than Oh! No! No! . Just how 20th Century-Fox allowed the hit Broadway musical to transfer to the screen as an unmitigated bore is a tragedy. ... Full Article