SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Lee Eisenberg I have a feeling that I speak for much of my generation, maybe MOST of my generation, when I say that it's hard to take these old musicals seriously. Always happy-go-lucky, they set themselves up to get heckled. I did just that while watching "That's Entertainment!". If you've read my reviews of musicals, then you'll know that I watch them only so that I can throw out the sorts of comments that Mike, Servo and Crow hurl at the crummy movies sent them by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Most of the time here, I just blurted out quotes from other movies ("Army of Darkness", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", etc).Here's a few other things. I noticed that one movie contained a scene of people performing in blackface. "Show Boat" was little more than a whitewash of the Jim Crow south. I recognize the New York song from "On the Town" from the time that "The Simpsons" spoofed it: Bart and Milhouse OD on sugar from an entirely syrup-based Squishee, and sing about Springfield. And then there's "Over the Rainbow". Everyone remembers Judy Garland singing it, but lesser known is that the song's co-writer Yip Harburg later got blacklisted for holding socialist views.Anyway, my favorite movies from Hollywood's golden age are comedies, gangster flicks, and sci-fi/horror flicks*. Most of the movies here would be a lot more interesting if remade my the creators of "South Park". Or if presented by Elvira.*Speaking of horror flicks, "The Wizard of Oz" DID scare me when I was little: that scene where the woman turns into a witch in the tornado freaked me out. That movie and "Ghostbusters" are the only movies that authentically scared me.

bmbdsm Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios in 1974, this film was a tremendous hit, and inspired two followups. The premise is that simple: show excerpts from the famous musicals of MGM, the studio that created the best of them! The film is broken up into several segments, each one introduced by some of the stars of these marvelous films: Liza Minnelli introduces one on her mother Judy Garland, as does Mickey Rooney. Donald O'Connor introduces one on Esther Williams, etc. This is full of so many goodies, that it would be impossible to name them all within the confines of this review. So many great stars are here: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, June Allyson, Lena Horne, Ann Miller, and on and on and on and on. Wonderful film, and a reminder of an era when stars and films had class. I was born in the 90's, and I would rather watch any of these gems featured in this film than some mindless action flick or the dime-a-dozen horror films of today. I truly wish we could go back to this kind of film-making today. As Frank Sinatra says in the film, "You can wait around and hope, but I'll tell you; you'll never see the likes of this again." Until that does happen, watch this exuberant film, and bask in the glory of the MGM musicals. Recommended. 10/10.

MartinHafer Unless you absolutely hate musicals, there's no reason to think that you would not enjoy "That's Entertainment!". That's because as a celebration of the MGM musical, it contains a bazillion clips from their greatest films in the genre. If you don't like one, you are bound to love the next. And, with so many great films, there is so much to like.The clips are not just thrown together in a random manner but are arranged in blocks. Each block is narrated by an MGM icon from their golden age--such as Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly. Each is shown walking the VERY sad MGM backlot while discussing the films. I say sad because the sets were in dilapidated condition and were bulldozed right after this film was completed--a pathetic ending to some wonderful movie moments and locales.By the way, it sure would have been nice if each clip had been identified--perhaps with a small title in the corner in the beginning. As a huge fan buff, I really tried to identify all the clips but couldn't.

Scaramouche2004 In 1974, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor released That's Entertainment, a collection of clips from what are considered to be their greatest achievement in their long and illustrious history, the movie musical.As co-presenter and M-G-M alumni Frank Sinatra mentions in the first segment of the picture, "When it came to musicals, M-G-M, they were the champions" This is far from just a hollow boast when you consider the wealth of unquestionable evidence which is then provided to substantiate his claim.Sinatra shares the limelight with fellow M-G-M greats such as Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford, James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner, Debbie Reynolds, Fred Astaire, Liza Minelli and a visiting dignitary from Paramount, Bing Crosby as they all present mini segments of the picture explaining just how and why M-G-M musicals had qualities their rivals could only ever dream of emulating.James Stewart's segment is fascinating to watch as he presents some long forgotten clips of well known dramatic actors (including himself) who were press-ganged into musicals, some with surprisingly good results. Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, Cary Grant and Clark Gable are all put through their musical paces for our viewing pleasure, and what a pleasure to watch it is.Mickey Rooney, follows up with a tribute to his close friend and frequent co-star Judy Garland and his tenure of the movie is crammed with clips from their many movies together including one or two Andy Hardy gems. This tribute to Garland is later fortified by her daughter Liza Minnelli as she offers her own personal and moving tribute.In my opinion however the highlight of the movies has to be Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, who in effect, do a mutual 'back scratch' as each fill their own segments with statements and clips which modestly declare the other dancer the 'best in the business' Whether or not this was a reflection of their own true feeling's or just Hollywood cheesing it up is immaterial. It does nothing to detract from the pure genius both dancers poured onto the screen throughout their careers only a sample of which are presented to us here.Bing Crosby who spent most of M-G-M's golden age across the street at Paramount, all but rounds off the movie with various clips including a couple from his only two movies in the M-G-M's musical back catalogue before he hands the reins back to Sinatra for the final epilogue.These clips represent an era long since passed and it is indeed touching to see these screen giants of yesteryear gather together for the last time in what amounts to their final roar. This is made even more touching by the fact that so many of them have since passed on.We are indeed lucky to have their testament left behind on film, so that future generations like my own children who were born long after these gifted and talented performers had either died or retired, can look upon and aspire to their genius.Whether it is in black and white or colour, whether you're 8 or 80 you will find these clips as entertaining and as fresh today as they must have seemed at the time.Never has the title to a film been more appropriate and what's more you would be hard pushed to find anyone who would dispute it.