This and The Pajama Game were musicals basically transferrred to the screen lock stock and barrell. Nothing really wrong with that - better than dumb changes. I did feel this could've been cinema-ised a little more. And also that it had more stars/familiar faces.
I quite liked Tab Hunter as the reincarnated middle aged guy - but would've preferred a star to play the older version (like, I don't know, Edward G Robinson or something).and ditto his wife (some older 40s Warner star... like Joan Blondell). No diss on the actors. Ray Walston is fun as the devil... but imagine say Rex Harrison. And Gwen Verdon, I get she's a Broadway legend, but imagine Marilyn Monroe... (Mitzi Gaynor not so much. Maybe that's why they gave it to Vernon.)
Anyway it's sniping. This is fun. Decent tunes. Numbers. It also has a universal appeal: what if you could live you dream, be young and great at a spart?
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