
Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland, discover a quaint and beautiful village, Brigadoon. Strangely, the village is not on any map, and soon Tommy and Jeff find out why: Brigadoon is an enchanted place. It appears once every hundred years for one day, then disappears back into the mists of time, to wake up to its next day a century hence. When Tommy falls in love with Fiona, a girl of the village, he realizes that she can never be part ... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland, discover a quaint and beautiful village, Brigadoon. Strangely, the village is not on any map, and soon Tommy and Jeff find out why: Brigadoon is an enchanted place. It appears once every hundred years for one day, then disappears back into the mists of time, to wake up to its next day a century hence. When Tommy falls in love with Fiona, a girl of the village, he realizes that she can never be part of his life back in America. Can he be part of hers in Brigadoon?
Leave your thoughts about Brigadoon.
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA classic - if not the classic - Minnelli musical, Brigadoon is an explicit statement about (and partial criticism of) the notion that an artist only lives through his art, preferring its reality to the world's. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe score of Lerner and Lowe's Broadway hit is lovely and Gene Kelly is good but Van Johnson is weak |
| Film Geek CentralAustin KennedyIt definitely has a dreamlike quality to it that is simply endearing. The story is charming and the dancing is entrancing. Apart from Johnson's heartless character, this is a very enjoyable movie. |
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostLifeless, downbeat musical fantasy, with a few decent dance numbers. |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara ShulgasserMagical Scottish village, singing, dancing, and romance. |
| Slant MagazineJeremiah KippAt least the dancing is good, and Vincente Minnelli’s restless camera gooses a plodding story into liveliness. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe opening and closing passages of this 1954 adaptation of Lerner and Loewe rank with Vincente Minnelli’s finest, most purely cinematic work—magnificent orchestrations of textures, colors, and movements. What comes between is soggy: a stiff and literal interpretation of the book, filmed on obvious sound stages with a “natural splendor” you could put your fist through. |
| EmpireKim NewmanOverdone and not particularly tasteful musical stuff and nonsense. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherVincente Minnelli's direction lacks his usual vitality and flow. Brigadoon on the screen, we must say, is pretty weak synthetic Scotch. |
| User ReviewShelby KGene Kelly always makes dancing look effortless. Great musical, definitely worth watching. |