Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Sweet Charity (1969)

Second viewing, first one with the original audio; previously viewed, dubbed in Portuguese, on November 14, 2000

A dance-hall girl has hopes of finding a man to marry her, but is repeatedly disillusioned as she only meets crooks who are after her money. She finally finds a decent man, but will her past be an obstacle to their union?

Excellent musical numbers lift this film higher in enjoyability than its mediocre dramatic qualities would warrant. The plot is not uninteresting -- it was taken from a good Italian movie, with an important change at the final section: character Oscar is different from the original version. Here, he is not a scoundrel, only a weakling. And of course, there is the change in the protagonist's profession, which is a bit ridiculous...

Rating: 53 (down from 66)

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