I think one of the only reasons I have a soft spot for this movie is because I was in the musical as a kid! However, it is still funny, and has catchy show tunes. And the kids so play really good parts.

This was just so completely deranged. Who thought this was a good idea? Of all the kid actors only Foster didn’t seem worse than the kids in an elementary school play. The songs were often fun though and those bicycle/pedicab cars in the back half of the movie were kinda awesome too.

Like a puppy dog: cute and messy. Not a particularly well made film with meandering story lines and too many characters to fill the gaps of nothing going on, but the idea is charming and the young actors mostly talented and the nostalgia factor strong. Plus, my hero Paul Williams did the soundtrack so it beats watching election results.

Just watching it for the first time. What a charming, original movie.