Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

fairweatherfan I first saw this movie as a Blockbuster rental with my husband and his late mother - 25 years ago. TCM aired it recently, and we recorded it and watched it on a Saturday night (it IS rather long, at 2 hours and 12 minutes!). I'm not a person who likes to watch movies (or plays, or TV shows) over and over again; when I was a young teenager my girlfriends and I would usually sit through THREE consecutive showings of a film - that must have "cured" me. After 25 years I did remember the highlights (even though my MIL did chat quite a bit during the movie), but I was surprised that I hadn't realized what a great job John Barrymore did! I had always considered him a bombastic stage actor, playing to the back rows of the second balcony. He is so SUBTLE and SINISTER in this. For this viewing I saw Maytime on a pretty-good quality Samsung wall-hung TV, but I truly would love to see it on the big screen, in a theater. The May Day scenes especially deserve that. The lack of color doesn't bother me, though it does remind me of Irving Thalberg's too-early death.

TheLittleSongbird Having seen Sweethearts and Rose-Marie and liking them, I saw Maytime expecting to like it. But I found myself loving it. Of these three, Maytime for me has the most believable story, it is poignant and heartfelt yet heart warming too.That's not all though. The production values are rich and beautiful, the songs especially Sweetheart(which I can't get enough of) are superb same with the direction, and the script is sweet and poignant.The performances are wonderful too. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy work so well together and sing stunningly, while John Barrymore gives my personal favourite support performance of any support actor/actress in a MacDonald-Eddy film.In conclusion, I loved it. 10/10 Bethany Cox

michaelhills From it's blossom spread opening credits, to it's heartfelt finale, this masterpiece is, sadly, one of the most neglected of all MGM musicals. A huge box office success in the year of it's release and an Oscar nominee, it is now all but forgotten except for fans of the singing duo and film scholars. Filmed in stunning Black and White, every frame pulsates with atmosphere and emotion, drawing the viewer into an unforgettable cinematic experience. Everything in this film works. From the perfectly realized performances to the sensitive direction to the no expenses spared production. This should be up there with classics like "Wizard of Oz" and "Singin' in the Rain", and yet it remains one of the best kept secrets in filmdom. So do yourself a favor. If you enjoy musicals, and especially one's with heart, watch it, and experience the joy of one of the most romantic films ever made.

calvinnme This film was one of Irving Thalberg's personal projects. He had planned to make it a color film, but then he died of a heart attack in 1936 and the footage that had been shot was scrapped. A year later the project was resurrected resulting in the film we have today. It features the great voices of Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy, lavish production values, some great examples of McDonald's singing in her prime, and one of the last great roles the legendary John Barrymore ever had. Although the movie is 72 years old, I'll just warn you that what could pass for spoilers are in the rest of the review.I have the VHS tape, but I also saw it on TCM one night as part of their guest programmers' month. During the film's introduction, the guest host said something that forced me to look at this film in a new light. She said "it's a lot like Titanic". You know, she was right. In many ways if you delete the music, make the site of the entire movie a doomed ship, and make John Barrymore a worse shot, you have James Cameron's Titanic. It makes me wonder how much he was influenced by this movie when he made his own film.Where the films part ways is that this film more accurately portrays the attitudes of the times in which it was set than Titanic did. The love story is very moving and the music just adds to its poignancy. Also, John Barrymore turns in a perfect supporting performance as Jeanette's patron turned husband who realizes his wife doesn't love him but doesn't realize why until he sees Eddy and McDonald onstage together during a performance. Barrymore says few lines in this film, but his mannerisms and facial expressions say it all. If the ending of the movie doesn't tug at your heart, I don't know what will. Highly recommended.