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An American in Paris

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

1951

Vincente Minnelli

Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary ...

7.3

13,640

Musical. Romance One of the greatest of 1950s screen musicals is a happy collaboration between the grace and athleticism of Gene Kelly and colourful palette of Vincente Minnelli. An American G.I. lingers in Paris after the war to study painting and soon falls in love with Caron, an engaged mademoiselle, much to the chagrin of his romance-minded benefactress. Features a seventeen-minute, avant-garde ballet choreographed by Kelly to George Gershwins unbeatable melodies. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"One of the most imaginative musical confections turned out by Hollywood in years,"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The real reasons to see [it] are for the Kelly dance sequences, the closing ballet, the Gershwin songs, the bright locations, and a few moments of the ineffable, always curiously sad charm of Oscar Levant (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kate Cameron New York Daily News	"All the romantic elements of Paris are rolled into one gorgeous Technicolor film for our delight."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"The Gershwin songs are magnificent, and the climactic ballet a tour de force."	POS
United Kingdom	Kate Muir The Times	"One of the great MGM musicals."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr The New York Times	"[It] is one of a kind (...) This is a remarkably intimate musical"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'An American In Paris' is muddled as an artistic statement, yet unsatisfying as conventional Hollywood product (...) [It] can be surprisingly graceful"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"[A] groundbreaking, breathtaking musical (...) The great things remain great (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"Much of the movie remains a delight (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The film cleverly interweaves a variety of Gershwin's early 20th century work (...) [It] is more about mood, dancing, and singing than it is about plot and character (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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