This is one of those handful of films that is universally loved and respected and I have to join the crowd on that. For over 50 years it has been considered the best musical ever made and I can't argue with that, either, especially with the newly- restored DVD version that came out a short time ago. The film never looked and sounded better!

In a nutshell, the reason for the high praise, I would think would be: 1 - Likable lead characters (Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor); 2 - Excellent song-and-dance numbers, capped off by one of the most famous of all-time, the title song "Singin' In the Rain," featuring Kelly; 3 - Very good humor throughout the film, aided by Jean Hagen's dumb blonde imitation, which may be the best ever put on film; 4 - Spectacular color (please get this latest 2-disc DVD), and 5 - of course, simply a very entertaining film start-to-finish.

A few side comments: Kelly gets the legacy with his title song dance but O'Connor's dancing in here is just as good. In fact, one of his solo routines reportedly exhausted him so much he could not work for five days. A nice bonus is seeing Cyd Charisse in here, showing off her dancing skills and great legs

This is the best musical ever and one of the funniest films ever - A+

Best Musical Ever. It's marvellous how entertaining this movie is even today. It's just a blast, the choreographies and music are awesome, the cast is terrific and the story is a blessing for every movie buff. A+++++

Exactly, no matter how many times I see this fiolm everytime its just a pure joy to watch.

How to put it simply: This is the greatest, most wonderful movie ever made. Beats any and everything.

You know who doesn't get enough credit? Stanley Donen, who co-directed with Kelly. None of Kelly's other movies can match the three he made with Donen, including Singin' and On The Town, probably the two finest movie musicals ever made, and the third, It's Always Fair Weather, an almost-masterpiece. Of course, maybe I should chalk that up to the fact that all three had Comden/Green scripts, which were as good as MGM could do 'em.

I agree, the greatest musical ever, its in my top 10 alltime, its one of those few films where i can say there isnt a flaw, every second in this film is great,My favorite part is brodway ryhtem.

Absolutely. One of the greatest films ever made, musical or no. I agree with everything said above. Never get tired of this film.

A+

The merits of this film are obvious, but another thing that often goes uncommented on is how it is a movie about making hollywood films; and in fact it uses as back drop one of the most traumatic events in hollywood history - the advent of sound. Even more ironic is that most of the songs are simply back catalog - in other words, hollywood doing what it in a way does best, recycle. That the writers took this and made both a thoroughly enjoyable musical comedy as well as a commmentary on the changes sound caused makes this even more amazing. In an odd sense, the film that makes a great companion to this is Sunset Boulevard.

footnote- I read that Kelly's famous dance scene was a partial fluke.. Special effects put water on one side of the street and JK was to use this as a back ground, but the cameras set up to film the puddles, mainly.. So they asked JK if he could still do the scene, dancing through the puddles.. He, obviously, said "let's do it".. and history was made..
cheers....

After watching "Dreamgirls" I decided to check back on "Singing in the Rain" again. It just confirmed to me even more how disappointing "Dreamgirls" was. "Singing in the Rain" is pure perfection and I doubt that any musical will ever come close to it. The story is great, there's real acting unlike in today's musicals, the songs and the choreography are outstanding and it's laugh-out-loud funny. It's just amazing how entertaining this movie still is.

A very enjoyable film to watch, and I'm no fan of musicals. The mocking of Hollywood makes for some very funny scenes, especially their attempts at sound film. Donald O'Connor is hilarious in this, and his routine to "Make 'Em Laugh" is classic. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds are likable enough, but Jean Hagen steals the show as the silent film star with a terrible voice. The end musical number, however, goes on far too long, ruins the flow of the film, and seems to be merely a product of Kelly's ego. The title musical number is legendary, though.

This is a great test for how much of souls people have. Here's the meter:

Rated 10+ = 100% Soul
Rated 9.9 or less = 0% Soul

Me? 13/10

Someone needs to change the title of this thread. It's "Singin' In The Rain," not "Singing In The Rain."

Terribly disrespectful.

This is one film we actually agree on!!! Cool!!

Yeah. Haha. It doesn't happen often, does it?

Although I see we're also in agreement on Children of Men. Of course, everyone recieving ample amounts of oxygen to the brain seems to agree on Children of Men.

Finally saw it a couple of months ago. Yep, many memorable sequences and definitely a classic.

i feel gay saying this but

A-.

I saw this for the first time in a few years recently.

Such an enjoyable movie.

And I still maintain that the part where they test screen "The Dueling Cavalier" and the audience laughs it off the screen is one of the funniest movie moments (either that or the multiple failed attempts to get Lina to properly speak into her microphone)

Jean Hagen was robbed of an Oscar for playing Lina Lamont (Vocal coach: "Caaaaaaaan't" Lina: "Cannnnnnnnnnn't")

A+

Alright, who's the sad sack that gave this a B?

A poor soul to be sure.

Best movie ever!

Me.

That big number at the end just ruined it for me.

I remember liking this when I was 10, all the singing and happy people were great. I'd need to watch it again though.

The first time I saw the movie, I also thought the length of the Broadway Melody number was a bit jarring. Most of the MGM musicals of the period (well, those involving Kelly and/or Vincente Minnelli) would climax with one of these tangental ballets with little or no bearing on the plot.

But rewatch the film, trixster...if you're like me, you'l start wishing you could live in that sequence. I wouldn't touch a frame.

This film is one of the main reasons why I love cinema.