The Fiddler On The Roof Movie Review

Fiddler on the roof is an epic musical that is both a boisterous comic look at rural life in a ukrainian village and a serious portrait of the sweeping tragic changes the 1905 russian revolution forced on russian jews.

The fiddler on the roof movie review. Fiddler on the roof 1971 dvd. 27 june 2004 by emperornortonii see all my reviews fiddler on the roof is the stage to screen adaptation of the famous musical. On october 5 2019. I suppose fiddler on the roof is just the movie that lovers of the stage play were waiting for and since fiddler is the most popular stage musical in history that s something all right.

It beautifully illustrates the power of love and humor in the face of unwanted change. The hollywood reporter s original review is below. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while gr. Jewison constructs an entirely believable jewish community in early.

It tells the story of tevye a poor jewish milkman in the tiny russian village of anatevka. This role is played by topol who played the character onstage in the london production of fiddler. 138 out of 163 found this helpful. Fiddler on the roof is rated g by the mpaa overall.

In 1905 russia tevye the jewish milkman talks with god about wealth struggles with 3 of his daughters over choice of a spouse suffers the indignity of exile during a pogrom. Like sir carol reed s oliver norman jewison s fiddler on the roof is a lavish carefully made splendidly designed musical film. Fiddler on the roof reviews metacritic fiddler on the roof movie reviews metacritic score. Fiddler on the roof takes an investment of time it s three hours long but it s well worth it.

But would it be heresy on my part to suggest that fiddler isn t much as a musical and that director norman jewison has made as good a film as can be made from a story that is quite simply boring.