Should you watch The Sound of Music?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Sound of Music
Film · 1965
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The sides of The Sound of Music
- A young nun hired as a governess
- Seven children and a widowed naval captain
- Austria before the Nazi takeover
The Sound of Music is good for you if…
- you like songs you already know, sung in the Alps.
- you like Maria winning over the seven von Trapp children.
- you like a love story between a governess and a stern captain.
The Sound of Music is bad for you if…
- you find nearly three hours too long for one evening.
- you roll your eyes at sincere songs and big feelings.
About: family · joy · resistance
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