Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageGoing My Way (1944)
Director: Leo McCarey
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Godawful Oscar-winning schmaltz, with Crosby as a crooning, imbibing and golf-playing priest who saves the souls in his New York parish and wins over the man who holds the mortgage on the church as well. All this and Barry Fitzgerald doing his crotchety leprechaun act too. Go anywhere to avoid it.Author: ATu
User reviews of this film
-
- zankie albo said...
- Posted on Jan 24 2010 17:41 Pew!!!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- John said...
-
Posted on Jan 06 2010 06:04
Would you look at that stuffed-shirt? A three-sentence jab at a wonderful classic. Good riddance to your advice, TimeOut London Movie Review and and this excuse of a movie review by ATu. The schmaltz is on you!
Fellas, I think you'll agree with me, save William... As for me, I'm "going my way!" - Report as inappropriate
-
- steve said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2009 05:14 Are you nuts? Maybe you are a cynical liberal, but for a majority of people this is a classic movie about what is best about Christmas and people
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Bob said...
- Posted on Dec 25 2007 08:00 Can't disagree more. This is a very good movie that avoids schmaltz.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- frank said...
-
Posted on Dec 25 2007 07:58
Oscar-winning follow-up to "Going My Way" has Bing Crosby reprising his role as Father O'Malley. "At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building."
The movie is heart warming without becoming preachy or sappy. Some of the songs are tremendous, and a nativity play seemingly ad-libbed by a group of 1st graders would steal the show from most modern movies, but not this one.
The interplay between Crosby's O'Malley and Bergman's Benedict is classics. Their closing scene alone is worth the price of admission.
Watch them in order, "Going My Way" then "Bells of St. Mary's." You'll enjoy both. - Report as inappropriate
-
- William said...
- Posted on Dec 15 2007 04:15 Amen, brother.
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Leo McCarey
Producer: Leo McCarey
Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Rise Stevens, Gene Lockhart, Frank McHugh, Jean Heather, Stanley Clements full cast
Duration: 126 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
The 10 worst date movies
Just in time for Valentine's Day, we present ten of the least romantic films ever made
Where to watch this year's Oscar-nominated films
Find out where to watch 2012's Oscar-nominated films in London cinemas
10 unlikely badboy biopics
Featuring Phil Collins, Jeremy Clarkson, Nick Clegg, David Starkey and a host of other unlikely subjects
Interview: Sean Durkin on 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
The first-time director of the brilliant new thriller discusses religious cults and robot boxing
Has David Cronenberg turned tame?
Has director David Cronenberg veered too far from his radical and bloody roots with new film 'A Dangerous Method'?
Pop-up cinema for Valentine's Day
Side-step romantic clichés with some alternative Valentine’s viewing
What do you think?
Post your review now