
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonBoth State Fair and Oklahoma! exemplify the composers' re-imagining of the musical form, which relied on more subtle vocal techniques, and songs that were catchy without always being hooky. The movies also catch the pair's unique version of nostalgia, which salutes provincial values while suggesting that they may not be enough to satisfy. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherA full-bodied Oklahoma! has been brought forth in this film to match in vitality, eloquence and melody any musical this reviewer has ever seen. |
| Decent Films GuideSteven D. GreydanusChanged the face of the musical After The Sound of Music, it's the best-loved Rogers & Hammerstein film adaptation, deservedly so. |
| Los Angeles TimesBarbara SaltzmanWatch it for the songs. A paean to Oklahoma's "Sooner" pioneers, it's a watchable, if hardly terrific, rendering of an innovative Broadway landmark. |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersA brilliant musical that still looks fresh today. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe film heaves and sputters from one indifferently rendered number to the next. |
| Radio TimesTony SlomanThis rousing film version of the massively influential and, in its day, revolutionary Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical preserves both the magnificent songs and the key Agnes DeMille choreography. |
| Time OutWally HammondMy favourite is the odd cast singing 'The Farmer and the Cowman should be friends', a sentiment I have long believed in. |
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyThere is something to be said for those horrible continental intervals in the middle of films, with advertisements and lights up and other interruptions : at least in the case of long, familiar, exuberant and therefore exhausting musicals. |
| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanIt’s undoubtedly the consistency of the excellent musical numbers – from the opening ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning’ to the stirring ‘Oklahoma’ finale – that sustains the interest as two trios of lovers bicker and dally over their consummation. |