Going My Way (1944)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 126 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Stars: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald and Frank McHugh
IMDb score:
7,0 (14.916)
Releasedate: 15 May 1944
Going My Way plot
"When the St. Louis Browns lost Bing, the Cardinal got a good singer!"
When young Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) is appointed to an old entrenched parish, trouble immediately arises. Moody old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald) of St. Dominic doesn't think much of O'Malley and his modern ideas. The two just can't agree. However, when O'Malley finds success with his work among the neighborhood crooks, the atmosphere slowly but surely changes.
Actors and actresses
Father Chuck O'Malley
Father Fitzgibbon
Father Timothy O'Dowd
Ted Haines Jr.
Ted Haines Snr.
Carol James
Mr. Belknap
Tomaso Bozanni
Mrs. Carmody
Genevieve Linden
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87698 messages
- 13095 votes
Old fashioned indeed.
Especially the first hour is very dusty. A lot of interference from the local parish, an annoying gossip aunt and some grumpy old people provide, in addition to the completely outdated theme, for a not too fresh atmosphere. The limited number of votes here also indicate that popularity is finite, a lot of Oscars clearly do not guarantee eternal fame.
Fortunately, Crosby's presence pays off in the second hour. He takes the entire film (and the characters) in tow to close with a nice dash of feel-good. Crosby is the ideal man for it, a fairly smooth and airy actor for his time that I can quite appreciate.
It takes a very long time and the pay-off is fairly minimal. Furthermore, the setting remains a bit too stuffy for me and the characters (and their changes) are a bit too simple. The only bright spot: Swinging on a Star.
1.0*
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Usually I can understand the Oscar awards for films, but why this film won no fewer than seven Oscars, including best picture, escapes me. Neither the story nor the acting are special in my opinion. Probably a factor was that the film appeared in the middle of the misery of the Second World War. Now, 70 years later, I actually think the only highlights are the performance of opera singer Risë Stevens and Bing Crosby's interpretation of the Irish folk song “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral”, which you can still hear in any given Sunday afternoon. the pubs in Ireland and sing along with the other guests.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2365 messages
- 2119 votes
A very popular movie at the box office and in the front row when the Academy Awards were handed out. Among other things, best film and Bing Crosby was even best actor ... Heavily overrated film in that area. It is pleasant viewing food for me, but there are a dime a dozen of this caliber. Bing just does what he always does, with his known charm, only now he's stepping in as a pastor. It also just takes way too long for what it is. Apart from all this, I still give it a more than satisfactory because it never gets unpleasant.
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
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