I am disappointed. I've heard of this film all my life. A recent trip to Hawaii and seeing where South Pacific was made finally sparked my interest in seeing it.

This is a very long, largely dull film. If you remove the music numbers from the film, you really don't have anything. Two parallel boy meets girl stories occur. One relationship ends in tragedy, one ends in true love. This is applied against a thin World War II backdrop.

That's it. The glue is the musical numbers which are very good, but it's not enough to keep me interested for three hours. The film is considered a classic, but I'd skip it.

Dust Bag Full

Film Facts

Cast
• Rossano Brazzi
• Mitzi Gaynor
• John Kerr
• Ray Walston
• Juanita Hall
• France Nuyen
• Russ Brown
• Jack Mullaney
• Ken Clark
• Floyd Simmons
• Candace Lee
• Warren Hsieh
• Tom Laughlin
• Giorgio Tozzi
• Francis Kahele
• Robert Jacobs
• John Gabriel
• Richard Harrison
• Ron Ely
• Steve Wiland
• Richard H. Cutting
• Joe Bailey
• Buck Class
• Richard Kiser
• Linc Foster
• Doug McClure
• Stephen Ferry
• Beverly Aadland
• Dorothy Abbott
• Tex Brodus
• Roy Damron
• Yvonne De Lavallade
• Barbara Donaldson
• Darleen Engle
• Lenmana Guerin
• George Hooper
• Marlene Lizzio
• Charles Lunard
• Ila McAvoy
• Jonni Paris
• Donna Pouget
• Archie Savage
• James Stacy
• Ed Fury
• Marie Greene
• Bill Lee
• Thurl Ravenscroft
• Muriel Smith
• Frank D. Strong

Directed by Joshua Logan

Released in 1958

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Reviewed by Mongo