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- If you can push past the flag-waving, this Warner Brothers effort from 1942 is a superior entry in a dubious genre, the musical biography. Michael Curtiz's direction is supple and intelligent, but what makes the movie is James Cagney's manic blur of a performance.
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Jul 5, 1998 · Today's biopics focus on scandal and Freudian gloom, but in “Yankee Doodle Dandy” everything is upbeat, and even George's marriage proposal is couched in showbiz dialogue. No wonder that when the aging George M. Cohan himself was shown the movie, he liked it.
Feb 13, 2001 Full Review Ian Kane Epoch Times “Yankee Doodle Dandy” harks back to the golden days of cinema and is exceptional even among Hollywood’s greatest musicals.
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- James Cagney
- Michael Curtiz
- Warner Brothers
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Ian Kane Epoch Times. “Yankee Doodle Dandy” harks back to the golden days of cinema and is exceptional even among Hollywood’s greatest musicals....
Patriotic '40s classic charms, but some dated behaviors. Read Common Sense Media's Yankee Doodle Dandy review, age rating, and parents guide.
- James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
- Michael Curtiz
- Warner Bros.
Feb 15, 2018 · He is the undisputed king of unabashed, feel-good, good old-fashioned entertainment. America’s favorite wartime ingenue Joan Leslie falls easily into the role of the love of George’s life, Mary, the impressionable young gal who fell for him at an early age and stayed by his side as the years rolled ever onward.
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 90% of 29 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "James Cagney deploys his musical gifts to galvanizing effect in Yankee Doodle Dandy, a celebration of patriotic fervor as much as it is a biopic of George M. Cohan."
As a movie, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY is a grand old musical that blends nostalgia of the past (early twentieth century, World War I) with patriotism of the 1940s. While very little is known of the real George M. Cohan today, the inaccuracies wouldn't really matter nor noticed.
