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Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

Comedy · Romance · 1952

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Movie details

Singin' in the Rain

“What a Glorious Feeling!”

1952 Comedy · Romance 1h 43m

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8.1 / 10

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In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Stanley Donen · Gene Kelly

Written by

Adolph Green · Betty Comden

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Don Lockwood

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Cosmo Brown

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Kathy Selden

Jean Hagen

Jean Hagen

Lina Lamont

Millard Mitchell

Millard Mitchell

R.F. Simpson

Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse

Dancer

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Roscoe Dexter

Court is in session

Put Singin' in the Rain on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.

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.