Dancing partners and siblings Tom and Ellen go to England to do a show. Their stay there coincides with a royal wedding.
This is a film about siblinghood, between people and between nations; notice how, apart from the central pair, there is also a comic actor playing twins, one American and the other British. The idea of incest is present, in a very subtle way as expected from a Hollywood musical, and the rather sudden decision to get married at the end of the movie can be best explained by considering the overhanging shadow of that age-old taboo. Let's not forget also that royal weddings are historically notorious for happening between relatives, so it is ambiguous the exact manner in which it works as an inspiration for the marrying protagonists. And there is the inevitable joke: (--We are getting married! -- I thought you two were related.). Apart from these thematic issues, the film is a pleasant watch, with good dancing, fair-to-good songs, good choreography, and fair-to-good comedy.
Rating: 63 (second viewing; unchanged)
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