Good music doesn't make a great movie. Much too long and too studio bound. A good half hour could be cut. Jane Powell is perky for the most part but her role is ill conceived. The less said about the effete Roddy McDowell the better. Story of young love doesn't work, and seems like bad taste to have a youngster to be interested a man who could be her father. Story just doesn't jive, and Walter Pigeon is as wooden as ever. This is NOT one of Powell's best and certainly not one of MGM's best musicals. Again, some of the music and numbers are worth seeing.
Review of Holiday in Mexico
