'Singin' in the Rain' (Gene Kelly, 1952)

Title: 'Singin' in the Rain'

Release Year: 1952

Director: Gene Kelly

Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell.

Plot: 'Singin' in the Rain' revises the consequences originated by the arrival of Sound Era, while telling a love story that deepens thanks to the art and the power of music.

Review: 'Singin' in the rain' is in many ways a dazzling visual experience. After tons of black and white films, this one is so colourful that you start wanting to sing too.

First of all, the movie is dedicated to the enormous transition that film industry suffered in the late 20s (third one I see about film industry), when 'The Jazz Singer' was released. 'Who the hell wants to hear actors talk' were the misguided words of Harry Warner, because apparently everyone wanted to hear them, as it became a massive revolution. It also details how cynical were some Hollywood relationships, where actors could fake an entire relationship only for the show business.

The famous song 'I'm Singin' in the Rain' performed by Gene Kelly

And while doing this, they never lose the passion for music, in a sweet story that celebrates with a portentous cast our ability to sing when we want to and the joy of being really in love. How the film uses the visual capacities to tell it and overwhelm the spectator is far beyond appreciated as the beauty of the film leaves him with no words to describe the experience.

Soft and colorful illumination has an important paper in the story-telling

The only thing I have to complain about is that although the film goes by at an acceptable pace, the long visual explanation of how the protagonist new film could be breaks the well-built structure of the film and I find it a bit unnecessary, as a mere verbal summany would have been enough.