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| A perfect, beautiful, fresh and melodiously flowing thing, with a superb cast. |
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| (New York Times) |
| The tunes ring out with undiminished delight. The characters pulsate with spirit. The Agnes de Mille choreography makes the play literally leap. |
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| (Variety) |
| All through, the original [stageshow] shines forth from the film version as a work of extraordinary warmth, charm and prettiness. |
| (Derek Granger, Financial Times ) A visit to [the film] will supply reason enough for the belief that a musical like [this] can occur only once in a very long while. |
| (Times) Oklahoma! was the first musical I ever saw where the people were not complete idiots. |
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| (Ernst Lubitsch, long after release) |
| This lilting movie, as handled by director Fred Zinneman, is more than satisfactory as a paean to the bygone West and to farm life as it once was. |
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| (James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts, 1970s) |
| Only utter nasties will be able to resist the simple pleasures of this 145-minute musical bonanza. |
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| (Judith Crist, long after release) |
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