Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
WillSushyMedia
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Yvonne Jodi
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
petshel-910-45303
Danny Kaye in one of his funniest films. I saw this first in 1948 along with Wonder Man. The Technicolor is beautiful. The comedy infectious. The interplay between the characters superb. Vera-Ellen dances energetically while the lovely Virginia Mayo never disappoints. I am reminded of so many other great American musicals where colour, dance, great songs all combined to a visual masterpiece. This film is an uncomplicated delight. And not a vulgar word said Would that more films were made like this. It never dates. Enjoy!
writers_reign
After a series of 'shorts' dating from the late thirties (thus before his breakout role on Broadway in 1941's Lady In The Dark) Danny Kaye was signed by Sam Goldwyn who built a series of musical-comedy films around him beginning with Up In Arms in 1944. The Kid From Brooklyn was a third outing and in my opinion it fell below the standard of UIA and it's successor Wonder Man. What TKFB does have is the brilliant Eve Arden and Walter Abel who, are, alas, offset by the lackluster Vera Ellen and the insipid Virginia Mayo. The plot - based on the Harold Lloyd vehicle The Milky Way - has Kaye as a milquetoast milkman who accidentally decks champion boxer Steve Cochran and is then hyped by Abel as Cochran's manager. Predictable.
jjnxn-1
Cute, silly very lightweight comic musical with Kaye antic as ever and an amazing array of wonderful supporting actresses. As for the main story it's a bit of nonsense about beanpole milkman Danny somehow becoming a winning prize fighter after accidentally knocking out the reigning champ. As preposterous as it sounds, the cast still make it fun by playing the goofy situations straight faced. About those supporting actresses. Eve Arden is acerbic and terrifically droll as a wised up gal with an astounding wardrobe and a way with a quip. Vera-Ellen in only her second film is youthful, fresh and she dances like a dream. She hadn't at this point succumbed to the over dieting that would make her emaciated with a frighteningly tiny waist and is buoyant and peppy. Fay Bainter is all fractured dignity as a society matron with a pugilistic bent and then there's Virginia Mayo sweetly charming and at the height of her beauty. They all perform expertly and since the film is shot in old style Technicolor they are all attired in primary hues which makes the screen alight with color.Best for Danny's fans but a fun comedy for anyone who is willing to suspend belief for a couple of hours.
Neil Doyle
Everyone in THE KID FROM BROOKLYN is at their best--thanks to a zestful comedy based on "The Milky Way" with Harold Lloyd, only this time the timid milkman is DANNY KAYE, who goes from lovable, funny Kaye to totally extroverted Kaye who thinks he really won all those fights that he was signed up for by crooked manager WALTER ABEL.VIRGINIA MAYO, looking her most luscious in Technicolor, is Kaye's partner again and the great supporting cast includes VERA-ELLEN (as Kaye's dancing sister), EVE ARDEN, LIONEL STANDER and STEVE COCHRAN, who steps away from his usual serious role (as a heavy) to show that he had a flair for slapstick comedy.The story is nonsense, of course, and even the usually repressed FAY BAINTER gets into the spirit of things as a woman Kaye teaches some boxing pointers to. It's all very lightweight, easy to take and pleasant to watch, especially if you enjoy Kaye's special brand of comedy. Included are some specialty numbers for Vera-Ellen, surrounded by chorus boys and The Goldwyn Girls and a nice song number for Virginia Mayo, all emphasizing some dazzling Technicolor hues.Kaye does only one of his tongue-twisting routines, but it's a gem--a Russian number called "Pavlova" written for him by Sylvia Fine, his wife.Summing up: Light-hearted entertainment impossible to dislike and all of it is photographed in gorgeous Technicolor.
