SummaryThe screen incarnation of America's longest-running theatrical production, The Fantasticks is a funny, mischievous and moving tale of lovers, carnivals, sword fights, magicians, comedians, romantic dreams, romantic delusions and the wisdom of letting true love follow its own course. (MGM)
Directed By:Michael Ritchie
Written By:Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt
The Fantasticks
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48
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33% Positive
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80
Manages to honor the theatricality of the source yet becomes a fully cinematic experience. A gem.
75
Has slow patches and requires a generous suspension of disbelief. But it's also sweet and optimistic -- a welcome antidote to gloom.
58
Fans starving for some song and dance celluloid may be satiated, but this movie version really shows the material's age.
50
A brave but ultimately futile attempt at adapting a piece that is so quintessentially theatrical that it defies translation to another medium.
50
It seems like another misstep - the story just doesn't hold up to Ritchie's treatment.
40
Shot five years ago by director Michael Ritchie. No release until now. Uh-oh. Disaster? Pretty much.
20
The resulting film is one of too much reverence and not enough satire.
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