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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is a beautiful classic musical that has touched many hearts for many years. It certainly did touch mine and it touched it hard. Everything about this musical was just too beautiful to watch. It is a very underrated musical that I personally think should be treasured and loved as much as Singin' In The Rain. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers has only one slight flaw and that it is a very predictable film. You can notice this only by seeing the film title. Despite that, it didn't affect my liking for the film. It is a film rated 'U' which makes it suitable for the family. I think that this aswell as Singin' In The Rain doesn't quite capture the "family film" so to speak feeling about them. All of the dance sequences were endlessly beautiful to watch especially when six of the seven brothers were fighting over six girls to dance with against six other men who were willing to do the same. Every single song in this film was pure magic but my favourite song has to be Sobbin' Women.
The film tells the story of a backwoodsman named Adam Pontipee and his new bride Milly, who suddenly marries him even though they hardly know each other. In fact, its only been hours seeing they've been acquainted. Just after they've married, Adam takes his new wife to his cabin in the mountains where he lives with his six brothers Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephriam, Frank and Gideon. All of the brothers have red hair and are over six feet tall. They remind me of the Weasley family in the Harry Potter series because they all have red hair. Howard Keel's performance as Adam was awesome! Howard gave Adam a lot of charm which made him a really nice guy but he also gave him a bit of possession which gave Adam a slight dark side because he sort of treats her like a worker in his house to cook and clean for them. Jane Powell was amazing in this film! I am surprised she wasn't a contender for Best Leading Actress in 1954.
Stanley Donen was an excellent director of choice for this film. It wasn't long after he directed Singin' In The Rain alongside Gene Kelly. The directing in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is another thing that I preferred in this one over Singin' In The Rain. There were a lot of similarities but there were a lot of differences as well. The script of the film is based on the short story called The Sobbin' Women by Stephen Vincent Benét. There was a TV series released with the same name and that was loosely-based on the film. There was also Seven Brides For Seven Brothers the musical which was released in 1979 based on the film. The film won 1 Academy Awards out of 5 nominations. It won Best Music, Scoring Of A Musical Picture and was nominated for Best Cinematography Color, Best Film Editing, Best Screenplay and Best Picture (but lost to On The Waterfront).
Overall, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is a beautiful, lovely and adventurous musical that I feel everyone would enjoy! I preferred it over the most famous musical of the 50s: Singin' In The Rain. Highly recommended!
9/10
