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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

I actually give this film a 7.5, but decided to round it off to an 8.This film is almost sorta sitcom like. The scenes in the family household has not too different of traits from those clean family 1980s sitcoms. But it still has some traits of a clean family film from the late 1940s-early 1950s. This was one of Elizabeth Taylor's early films at 16 years old before she moved on to her well known more adult films such as "Butterfield 8" and "Cat on a hot tin roof". And she was good in "Father of the bride" (1950s version, not Steve Martin's 1990s version). Jane Powell was OK here, but she wasn't my favorite female character. It's not because she sings opera though. I actually really like opera, and I don't understand why so many people today hate it and always feel the need to bash it. Opera is a type of singing that represented old fashioned beauty, class, and culture, and it was in many Golden Age films. Soprano singers like Jane MacDonald and Katheryn Grayson were absolutely beautiful with wonderful voices and well loved with Golden Age film audiences. People's tastes have changed so much since those days. I like the role of Wallace Beery as dad and of Goerge Cleveland as Grandpa, even though their ages looked too close together to be father and son. They both looked post retirement age, Grandpa looking maybe just 5 years older than Beery but that was it. There was a nice little reminiscing moment with Jane playing piano and Grandpa singing "Through the years". There were some nice family moments such as a scene at the breakfast table where Beery and his wife jokingly try to decide whether to keep Jane or her younger brother. Also the witty remarks from Beery after Jane saying to him for the third time about how he needs to learn to rhumba". Then Beery debating the idea again. Then Jane saying "I just want us to be civilized", then Beery responding "if you mention the rhumba once more, I'm gonna forget that I'm civilized", but he had no menace or deep meaning behind the remark. He presented a good lovable father role. I also liked comments such as Jane saying after dumping Ogie "I just gave him up forever for a little while". I also kinda like those soda fountain moments which were always big in films from that era (Mickey and Judy Garland films were big with them too, but I liked those films even better ). I enjoyed Beery's character, and his scenes learning to rhumba with Carmen Miranda (and her hiding in the closet when Jane showed up because his learning to rhumba was supposed to be a surprise). Carmen telling Beery "stomach in, chest out, head up" while slapping each of those places on Beery reminded me of the ballet teacher that did the same thing to Red Skelton during a funny scene in "Bathing beauty", except the way she did it there to Red was harsher and more comical. Jane's character was kinda nice, but she did act sort of over the top and dumb in some scenes. I did not care too much for "I'm Strickly on the corny side" and the way she made her voice high in that last verse. I really like opera, but her high voice there was not opera sounding, it sounded more like a poor imitation of cowboy-like yodeling and it just didn't agree with me. I did like her other songs though, especially "It's a most unusual time". And I really enjoyed her and the whole rest of the family joining in on the song at her parents' anniversary dinner, and I remember watching that scene also in 1974's "That's entertainment". This was another film that ended with the big night out, and the big night out here was the anniversary dinner. It was a good ending though to a good film.

They don't make films like "A date with Judy' anymore. Seeing it 67 years after it appeared on the screen, it is very much something out of an America that doesn't exist anymore in the way it was then depicted. Saying this, doesn't mean that the conceit of puppy love or depiction of small town America has been scrubbed from Hollywood's style book; far from it, the theme reappears in cut to fit more contemporary patterns. Middle class Santa Barbara is thinning out in today's America, whilst the town's wealthy class is growing fat on the favors of government since the 1980s. 'A date with Judy', shot in Technicolor, is a recycled radio show brought to the 'silver screen'. It is also reprocessed teen age 'love' that one found in the early 40s in the films of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland musicales. 'Judy' served two purposes: one, the feature 16 year old Elizabeth Taylor on the waxing phase of smoldering sexuality; two, as a vehicle to highlight the crystalline soprano voice of 17 year old Jane Powell. The script creaks but it has its bright moments when Carmen Miranda as a Rhumba teacher and singer of her fiancé Xavier Cugat's orchestra appears in the story. And, 'Judy' springs to life with her singing of 'Quanta la gusta', a hit of 1948. "our Gang's' Scotty Beckett, the almost 30 Robert Stack, Wallace Berry, George Cleveland, Selena Royale, Leon Ames dutiful fill the cast of uninspiring parents and grand parents, yet Beckett with his breaking voice and simple singing adds a comic note. And with mention in the credits is the black Lillian Yarbo the maid to fit the stereotype of African Americans of the time, and who is forever sweating in the the kitchen or answering the door or the telephone, and endlessly singing 'Sing low sweet chariot'. And Stack is the date for Judy but instead falls for Taylor. Although in Technicolor, one has to wonder if the state of the film hasn't deteriorated over time, for at moments when the camera takes close up of Talyor's vulpine shaped face, it looks as though she has a 5 o'clock shadow.

This is a terrific film with a great cast and plot line. This film would begin the end of Elizabeth Taylor's career as a child star. 3 years later she would reach dramatic stardom for "A Place in the Sun." She has the right mode for this 1948 film as a shrewd girl, trying to lure Robert Stack away from Jane Powell.The real hit here is Wallace Beery as Powell's father. His practicing the learning of the rumba with Carmen Miranda was absolutely wonderful.This is a story of the coming of maturity among young adults as well as Beery, and Leon Ames, who portrayed Taylor's father.Stack is rather stiff as the summer soda-jerk smitten with both ladies. Perhaps, that's what the part called for.

"A Date with Judy" was a typical entertainment that MGM produced over and over as a way of showing its contract players. This film was a showcase to present Jane Powell and Elizabeth Taylor, two of the popular young actresses at the time. While the movie will not add anything to either one of the stars resumes, it's a pleasant way for watching how times have changed. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe, and produced by Joe Pasternak.Judy and Carol are friends from school. Judy is the talented singer who is going to perform at a school party. Carol is the spoiled rich girl who is jealous of Judy. Oogie, Carol's brother, the band leader, is in love with Judy. To complicate things a newly arrived young man, Stephen, has come into town to work for the summer and he is the object of both Judy's and Carol's attention.Wallace Beery is the best thing in the film. He plays Melvin Foster, Judy's father. He refuses to dance at the party with his wife, and thanks to Xavier Cugat's suggestion, he decides to engage Rosita, the voluptuous Carmen Miranda, to give him private lessons. Since the tutoring takes place in his office, and it's surrounded by a cloud of mystery, it appears Melvin and Rosita are having an affair. But the biggest surprise comes at the end of the film when the Fosters are celebrating their 20th anniversary and we watch Melvin, who by now is an experienced dancer, shows off on the dance floor. A delicious moment, indeed.Jane Powell and Elizabeth Taylor are charming in their roles. Robert Stack and Scotty Beckett are also good. Leon Ames, Xavier Cugat, and the effervescent Carmen Miranda make excellent contributions, but it's Wallace Beery, who steals the show."A Date with Judy" will delight viewers looking for a nostalgic look at an uncomplicated time in America.