The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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You'll Never Get Rich
Comedy · Music · Romance · 1941
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Movie details
You'll Never Get Rich
“Exciting loveliness and rhythm in a star-spangled army musical!”
1941 Comedy · Music · Romance 1h 28m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over You'll Never Get Rich?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Sidney Lanfield
Written by
Ernest Pagano · Michael Fessier
Fred Astaire
Robert Curtis
Rita Hayworth
Sheila Winthrop
Robert Benchley
Martin Cortland
John Hubbard
Captain Tom Barton
O
Osa Massen
Sonya
Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Julia Cortland
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Kewpie Blain
Court is in session
Put You'll Never Get Rich on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.