Sorry, but I don't have two and a half hours to waste on this relic.

The music is lovely. But there are some really appalling bits that are a product of this movie's time. The auctioning of women and erasure of the acts of removing indigenous people from land they were promised being the greatest jaw droppers. But yeah, great music.

Despite a few annoying cuts/changes to the score and some weird casting choices it is a solid adaptation of the stage musical. Getting to film outside for several sequences (as opposed to a studio set) is one of the best things about the movie, especially for its rousing opening number.

Classic 50's film musical based on the 40's stage musical, the first written by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Shirley Jones shines in her first role in a motion picture, and the song and dance numbers still hold up fantastically-save for a couple that could've probably been omitted to shorten the run time.

It was a weird film, just weird... One of the songs is just trying to convince the main villain to commit suicide... It hasn't aged well. I am not gonna watch it again. Some of the other songs and special affects are nice but the plot is just strange...

Beautiful scenery, and a lot of singing and dancing make for a great show, but the plot about a bickering pair that you know is going to be married by the time you see "The End" was pretty limp.

A musical with classic songs that have aged well, while being an incredibly important for musical's as an genre and a simple well told story that is a really good watch.

This classic Broadway musical was alright. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Charlotte Greenwood, and the rest of the cast did a decent job in this musical. The story of the movie was dramatic, tedious, and goofy. If you're into musicals, you'd probably enjoy this movie, but if you're not don't waste your time watching it. That's my opinion.

Oklahoma! has a special place in my heart; I saw it with the family when I was just a kid, and the recording from the performance was always getting airtime in the car. Maybe that's why it took me a while to see that the actual source material is pretty rough, skating by on some rural charm, a few select tunes, and a general nostalgia (which is strange, given how older generations today idealize the actual time that the movie was released rather than that of the settin). The narrative and characters aren't much to commed Rodgers & Hammerstein for, lacking depth and often feeling uncompelling, and making the 2.5 hour runtime feel like twice that. There is a charm that occasionally shines through, particularly in the love triangle subplot with an unwilling particpant, but it comes in flashes, along with the quality of the songs and the consistency of the accents. That said, the dream sequence is actually pretty fascinating in comparison to the predictability of the rest of the film, and this adaptation does have a place in film history as the first real example of the 'roadshow' musical whose pattern would be copied for most of the next decade. But it still takes some resolve to get through, especially if your memory of the film might be somewhat idealized. (2.5/5)

Before I could start this musical I was presented the choice of watching in Cinemascope or Todd AO, so after a brief ten minute cram session on the definition and merits of each I chose to give the Todd AO a go. I was enjoying this light, cotton candy fare with a bunch of recognizable and catchy numbers, like many other R & H productions, until I started getting restless sometime after the intermission. Zinnemann should be credited with making a really pretty and colorful looking film but sometimes the magnitude of the beauty in the scenery doesn't match the trite plot action. I did really enjoy a lot of the music overall and was actually surprised how much of it I was already familiar with. Tip of the cap to Mr. Kaufman for finally getting me to watch this. 6.5/10

1001 movies to see before you die (2013). One of the great musicals of all time. I didn't know that this was independently made, but they did great things with the music, direction and acting. One of my favorites. I own the dvd.

The actors are fine but the entire thing is way too hokey for me.

I enjoyed the musical numbers and the acting of an era of 50 & 60.

There are elements in Oklahoma that I think could have turned me off if I saw it for the first time today, because I do tend to be a bit more critical of film now. The movie splits time between two different stories that don’t intersect enough to warrant them both being in the same film. I could see myself complaining that they needed to pick which was the A-story and find a way to roll that B-story more into the main plotline. Then there’s the 18-minute-long dream ballet that halts the movie in its tracks. These things can be difficult for me to accept, particularly when they don’t further the plot but only retell it. However, this wasn’t my first time watching Oklahoma, in fact it is a film I watched dozens of times growing up. I have a strong emotional attachment to Oklahoma and have come to accept these things as part of its charm. I love the cast and all the characters they play in Oklahoma. Gordon MacRae is a charming leading man who has a great big singing voice, and Shirley Jones can match him beat for beat. I love their playful courting, as they battle to see who will swallow their pride first and admit that they are in love. Gene Nelson and Gloria Grahame have a completely different tone to their relationship, which is a nice change of pace. They bring a lot of the comedy to the film which I enjoyed. Gloria Grahame’s strange speech pattern (apparently amplified by excessive plastic surgery) actually works to make a truly unique character that sounds so different from the characters she had been portraying in film noir up to that point. The rest of the cast is filled out with a number of other great actors including familiar names like Eddie Albert, Rod Steiger, and James Whitmore. What truly makes Oklahoma a great film, though, is the music. There are so many delightful songs in this film, and they don’t fall into the trap of each one sounding just like the others. Some are big grandiose ballads, some are more narrative, some are romantic, while others are just playful. In at least half of the songs there are lyrics that make me laugh, and there’s not one that I would take out of the film. I know each of these songs by heart and cannot stop myself from singing along, even when I was trying to just be an observer this time to look at the film as critically as possible. Then I find myself humming the tunes for days. I genuinely think that Oklahoma is wonderful, but it’s impossible to know how much nostalgia plays into that opinion, and I don’t really care. I can’t wait to watch it again!

I remember liking Oklahoma more. However, watching this movie as an adult with my wife and kids was a different experience. This movie hasn't aged well. Some of the musical numbers go on a little long and some of the plot points are cringe-worthy. I still like it, but I don't think this will be a musical we watch regularly as a family.

Oklahoma! is one of the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and they certainly knew how to write a good tune as this 1955 movie version proves. The tunes just keep coming and coming right from the opening titles to the dying scenes. It has a terrific cast with my own personal favourite being Charlotte Greenwood as matriarch, Aunt Eller who's niece, Laurey gains the romantic attentions of upright cowboy, Curley and dark, brooding farm hand Judd. The two suitors compete for here affections which leads to a tragedy. To be fair, the outcome is never in doubt and Curley and Laurey sing their way through to the happy ending that everyone wants. It is all done in glorious technicolour with not a hint of realism to be found...there's even a slightly surrealistic dream-scene ballet. Curley, played with just the right amount of lantern-jawed zeal by Gordon MacRae does get all the best tunes but he doesn't by any means have it all to himself with Gloria Grahame belting out a couple of memorable comic numbers. Until recently rewatching the movie, I had forgotten that Judd Fry, the baddie of the piece, was portrayed by Rod Steiger and, though not his best performance by quite a distance, he is suitably menacing. Although the ending does feel somewhat rushed and hap-hazard, this is a fantastic, blockbuster of a musical from the golden age and is a real treat with a stockade full of rousing tunes that you can sing along to as you enjoy the visuals.

Like most old musicals, the songs are more memorable than the actual movie itself.

The film has great musical numbers and Dancing. But it is sadly stitched together by bad protagonists and stereotypes.

Act one is boring, but near the ending this movie grows on you with its incredible choreography and character development, along with its beautiful songs

Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 Broadway groundbreaker was finally made into a film in 1955 and became Hollywood's first roadshow musical, and stays remarkably faithful to the hit show (only two songs were dropped); the casting is almost perfect with Gordon MacRea and Shirley Jones (in her film debut) in fine voice, Gene Nelson as a singing/dancing Will, and the offbeat casting of Gloria Grahame as Ado Annie. The film itself won Oscars for Sound Recording and Scoring.