Brigadoon

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Brigadoon

G,

1954,

1h 48m,

Musical

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Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson), two American pals on a Scottish hunting trip, get lost in the woods and come upon the magical village of Brigadoon. Rising out of the Scottish mist only once every 100 years, and only for one day, Brigadoon is an enchanted place where life is simpler and easier, untouched by the worries of the modern world. When Tommy falls for beautiful villager Fiona Campbell (Cyd Charisse), he must decide whether to stay or to return to his life.

Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

Mar 12, 2005

2/4

Indulges in drawn-out hokum.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 21, 2026

2/4

The artificiality is pronounced to a distracting degree -- sets don’t look like magical, off-kilter locations in Scotland but merely like sets.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Feb 25, 2026

3.5/5

Chockablock with clean, crisp and thoughtful choreography, a nice balance of swoon and sorrow, and a solid mixture of light supernaturalism and weighty existentialism.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jun 14, 2025

2/5

…aside from the vague tartan gift-shop theme, some musical motifs and a bit of sword-dancing, there’s actually not much Scottish about Brigadoon at all...Minnelli’s film seems so completely and blandly romanticised as to have no local colour at all…

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Mar 19, 2025

An underrated classic with incredible dancing

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Jul 25, 2017

3/5

Magical Scottish village, singing, dancing, and romance.

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Jan 27, 2019

The best musical fantasy romance movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: Almost Like Being in Love!

Hermione S

Jan 25, 2019

Gives you the wrong impression of Scotland. Sheer Hollywood tripe.

Finn R

Mar 19, 2018

Not a big song and dance movie fan but this was not bad.Quaint is how I would describe it.

Feb 7, 2018

Preciosa película. Solo quién conoce el amor puede apreciarla.

Leia S

Nov 29, 2017

Wonderful classic movie set in Scotland. A super movie. Great acting, and clever idea.

Hagrid P

May 2, 2017

MGM intended for this adaptation of the Lerner & Loewe Broadway hit to be THE musical of 1954, but SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS stole its thunder; still, with Vincente Minnelli's direction and Gene Kelly's choreography, the film is charming and lovely. Highlight: "The Heather on the Hill," expanded from the stage production to include a lengthy dance number for Kelly and Cyd Charisse.

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Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson), two American pals on a Scottish hunting trip, get lost in the woods and come upon the magical village of Brigadoon. Rising out of the Scottish mist only once every 100 years, and only for one day, Brigadoon is an enchanted place where life is simpler and easier, untouched by the worries of the modern world. When Tommy falls for beautiful villager Fiona Campbell (Cyd Charisse), he must decide whether to stay or to return to his life.

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Arthur Freed
Screenwriter: Alan Jay Lerner
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: G
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 8, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 48m

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