One of the most ravishingly beautiful, and most entertaining, movie musicals in history, SONG OF NORWAY is a delight to ear, eye, and intellect! This is the film that introduced me to the great Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, and I have found hours of sheer delight in his musical genius ever since! The scenery of the film is some of the most stunning in all of motion picture history (Norway is, truly, one of the most beautiful places on Earth). The cast of this movie is superb, but the film really belongs to Florence Henderson, who gives the performance of her career! No one can fail to be moved by her poignant sacrifice for her beloved Edvard, nor avoid feeling overjoyed when love triumphs in the end and conquers all!
SONG OF NORWAY also is perfect family viewing, as it lacks the lurid and smutty nature of most of the filth that is slopped onto screens these days. In these days of Janet Jackson re-defining the term "boob tube," SONG OF NORWAY is there to remind us of a purer, more innocent day when being entertained did not equate with sexual perversion, voyeurism or entrails being dangled in front of our noses. Male or female, young or old, SONG OF NORWAY is a movie for EVERYONE! Please, Hollywood, start making movies like SONG OF NORWAY again! I rate it a 10 out of 10 (and would rate it even higher if such a rating were possible)!