It's been a while since I reviewed a musical, even longer one I haven't seen before. This is not my usual style of musical but I still enjoyed it very much.Lorenz Hart (Mickey Rooney) and Richard Rodgers (Tim Drake) were a composer and lyricist who wrote over 500 songs and Broadway musicals. This loose biopic covers their meeting, Hart's manic stages, Rodger's eventual romance and marriage, and Hart's downward spiral. That makes it sound kind of depressing, but the film is peppered with lavish musical numbers featuring some of Hollywood's brightest stars.
It's pretty obvious that Hart was conflicted about hiding his sexuality. That is not covered in the film but if you have eyes, you'll see what I'm talking about. It's really depressing how many people were forced to hide who they were in order to be successful. This isn't a social justice blog, though, so we're not going to dwell on that.
This is a great musical with a lot of really wonderful performances, including the last on-screen pairing of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
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