It offers, in the performance of nutcracker-faced, 56-year-old Barry Fitzgerald, the finest, funniest and most touching portrayal of old age that has yet reached the screen.
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02/17/09
Going My Way (1944)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:14
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald are eminently likable, and film is pleasantly sentimental, but it suffers from a surplus of sweetness.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley (Bing Crosby) led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy, but his level gaze and twinkling eyes make it clear that he... [More]
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown
Director: Leo McCarey
Reviews for Going My Way
1 - 18 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Feel-good religious drama wasn't going my way, but it's hard to resist such good-hearted schmaltz.
03/04/08
Major thread of gaiety runs through the proceedings, and McCarey has liberally sprinkled sparkling individual episodes along the way for cinch audience reaction.
01/28/08
Top CriticA warm and moving sleeper hit.
12/13/06
Glossy escapist entertainment that's fun to watch but says nothing terribly noteworthy about the human condition.
10/24/06
No review available.
04/05/06
Go anywhere to avoid it.
02/09/06
A sentimental crowd-pleaser, well-directed by Le McCarey, this tale about a priest (Bing Crosby) assigned to a problematic parish was so popular that Paramount reteamed the same players the following year in the equally successful Bells of St. Mary's.
12/12/05
Even though I love a good family film now and then, this was too much even for me. It was like having a root canal of cream filling.
09/15/03
It is so well directed by McCarey and played with such a sure touch that it just manages to avoid sermonizing or oversentimentality.
05/24/03
Rich, warm and human to the core.
05/20/03
Top CriticBest Picture? Wow. They had cynics back then, didn't they?
03/04/03
No review available.
01/10/03
Overly corny, this feel-good musical is delightful in its naivety, even for the time.
08/30/02
The last scene alone justifies the film and Leo McCarey's reputation
07/30/02
Crosby and Fitzgerald work pure magic together.
07/25/02
How come filmmakers 50 years ago could do sentiment without going all sappy, and we can't do that now?
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