“Yankee Doodle Dandy” harks back to the golden days of cinema and is exceptional even among Hollywood’s greatest musicals.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 22, 2023

A perfect tribute to a figure who embodied Broadway musicals and its patriotic jingles during the First World War.

| Mar 7, 2023

Yankee Doodle Dandy might take liberties with Cohan's life but Cagney is at his finest in this celebration of the musical multi-hyphenate entertainer.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2022

Primarily a splashy exhibition of Cohan's most popular stories and lyrics and music (upbeat yet jingoistic arrangements).

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 15, 2020

It is an ideal attraction for every American theater, every American theaterman, and every theater-goer in America.

| Jul 24, 2020

It's not the movie of a great man; it's the movie of a great idea: Democracy. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 17, 2019

It's really [James] Cagney's movie.

| Original Score: 10/10 | May 13, 2019

Patriotic '40s classic charms, but some dated behaviors.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2017

Maybe the best-case scenario for what happens when a film biopic does everything right.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jul 10, 2016

Flag waving, toe tapping, GREAT James Cagney performance as Broadway's George M. Cohan.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 8, 2008

A rousing, old-fashioned biopic of patriotic showman George M. Cohan, played with energy and gusto by Jimmy Cagney in his only Oscar-winning performance.

| Original Score: B | Mar 5, 2008

Raucous, vulgar, over long.

| Jun 24, 2006

It delivers its red-white-and-blue patriotism to you by the exuberant bushel, but this grand old film reminds us that there was a time when patriotism was more heartfelt than bullying and jingoistic.

| Apr 5, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 15, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 16, 2005

James Cagney played George M. Cohan with great vigor and won his only Oscar for that brilliant performance.

| Original Score: B | Jul 4, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 1, 2005

awfully dull and stodgy

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 28, 2005

Love that Cagney!

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 22, 2004