Most intrusive dance scene in film history?

Hear, hear!!!

Just watched the movie and I thought the exact opposite. I've seen a lot of movie-musicals and I've always had some disdain for dance numbers that seem like they were just thrown in to be dance numbers, but the one at the end of this movie I thought could have perfectly ended the movie. It captures the feelings of the two leads much better than the thrown-in hollywood ending that follows or their meetings that precede it; the combination of a sweeping love and the melancholy of knowing nothing will come of it. I'd already accepted by the time that scene happened that the characters weren't going to get much fleshing out (especially the two you mentioned, though I didn't really feel like the pianist was meant to be much more than a sarcastic foil to Kelly).

Overall, compared to "Singin' ", I thought this had much better music, but the characters and story were not as interesting, and I thought for the most part the dance numbers weren't as good (except of course for the finale, which I would give 10 stars on its own).

A lot of people think that final segment was random, long and self-indulgent but you know what? There is no such thing as too much Gershwin. The ballet 'An American In Paris' was one of greatest compositions and I'm just glad they got it in there somehow. Sometimes I skip to the end just to hear the music.

Obviously you have no interpretive ability whatsoever. The ballet is A) a dream sequence and B) a characters' internalized fantasy, acting out their emotional journey throughout the film.

As for none of the plot strings being tied together (what a clichéd analogy) - an idiotic statement, at best. The plot line involving Milo (your "patroness"), as far as it went anyway, was resolved. As for Adam Cook (your "pianist guy") - there was no real plotline around his character. You call these two the 'only interesting characters' but in fact they were two of the more minor characters in the piece. Either way, their journey's were both tied up as much as they needed to be.

The dream sequence ruined any good of the movie to me. It seemed to not have much purpose other than as space filler or to make an average movie memorable. The same could have been accomplished in a 5-6 minute skit

I lost interest in the dream sequence about 10 minutes into it and had to fast forward through the rest of it.

disappointing movie for the hype - 5/10

Gene Kelly in those tights, must have been a gay delight indeed, pretty gorgeously done in parts...it does carry the mania of a little too much caffein induced non-stop action, the racing violins giving me a headache, a little to damned speedy if you know what i mean. Kelly was a great controlled dancer but a little too stilted and again the American love affair with forced , speedy, manic non stop action. It almost felt like cartoon instead of real flesh & blood.

Reality is we truele are a nation of speed freaks after starting out a nation of drunks, right after World War II we were definitely a nation of "Breaking Bad" from 6-8cups of coffee a day, and in this it really shows.

I feel the same way. I understand the point of that scene, but it was a bit much for my taste. Every time I thought the dance sequence would be over, it just kept on going. Just an FYI, there is an imitation/mockery of this sort of too-long intrusive dance sequence in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, in which the movie makes a sudden left turn by throwing in a completely out-of-place endless dance sequence toward the end. I used to hate that part of that movie, but once I saw An American In Paris, I understood what Mel Brooks was making fun of, and can now find that part of his movie humorous.

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This film is a nonsense. A non story poorly told with dance segments seemingly entirely unrelated to anything else, and then an ending that arrives out of nowhere and leaves everything hanging.

The sets, lighting and costumes are great. I think the dancing is meh, tho I accept it might have been exciting in the day.

All in all a total confusion and a 'triumph' of appearance over content.