Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 09/19/2000
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 135 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Meredith Willson's second Broadway hit (the first and biggest was
The Music Man) proved a lucrative vehicle for the equally unsinkable
Debbie Reynolds. Based on a true story, the film casts
Debbie as hoydenish
Molly Brown, who wangles her way into Denver High Society when she marries "overnight millionaire" Johnny Brown (
Harve Presnell). When the local social arbiters give Molly the brush-off, she pulls off a coup by bringing a representative of European royalty, Prince Louis de Laniere (
Vassili Lambrinos) into the Colorado community. Her admiration for the prince causes a rift in her marriage; it takes the sinking of the Titanic--wherein Molly heroically commandeers one of the lifeboats and is responsible for rescuing several of the passengers--to bring Molly and Johnny together again. While the energetic performances of such songs as
I Ain't Down Yet and
Belly Up to the Bar Boys are to be cherished, the real highlight of
The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a society ball which ends up in a pie fight between the Denver "elite" and Molly's rambunctious mining-town cronies. Treated condescendingly by the critics, the film struck a responsive chord with audiences to the tune of a $7.5 million gross.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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