In the 1850s Mili, a cook from Adam, a young farmer, married Gaby. They both married shortly after a love story. The two returned to Adam's farm, but the surprise came when Millie was shocked by the presence of his six brothers living with him. After that, Mili began to teach the brothers the brothers the proper behavior in order to get the girls to the occasion of marriage. But one day the brothers kidnapped six local girls while raising a barn in the town, which will make things complicated.
This rather archly symmetrical movie musical is best seen as a dance-fest, with Michael Kidd's acrobatic, pas d'action choreography well complemented by ex-choreographer Donen's camera.
The songs are knowingly corny and catchy as hell, the dancing is (quite rightly) renowned, the story is ludicrously sexist, and the whole film is just exceedingly watchable.
Written directly for ther screen, MGM's popular musical benefits immensely from Stanley Donen's deft direction, Michael Kidd's dynamic choreography, and Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's Oscar-winning score.
Although the powers at M-G-M are deviating from the normal song-and-dance extravaganza in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, it is a gamble that is paying rich rewards.
A profoundly sexist and eminently hummable 1954 CinemaScope musical with some terrific athletic Michael Kidd choreography and some better-than-average direction by Stanley Donen.
