[Finian's Rainbow] looks as though it has been rehearsed for, say, two months, then photographed in a week's time.

Full Review | Aug 12, 2020

Francis Ford Coppola, whose previous film was the bouncing You're a Big Boy Now, again directs like a bulldozer with a sense of humour.

Full Review | Apr 25, 2016

Not as bad as legend has it, but Francis Ford Coppola's film of Finian's Rainbow can hardly be called good

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2011

An allegory of the end of the studio system, couched in archaic-modern mementos

Full Review | Jan 29, 2011

A light, pastoral fantasy with civil rights angles, underscored by comedy values.

Full Review | Dec 11, 2007

One of many musical stinkers made during a decade infamous for them.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 11, 2007

An underrated musical.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jul 4, 2005

Joyless.

Full Review | May 9, 2005

A marvelous evening right up to its last shot of Astaire walking away down a country road.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 31, 2004

An inauspicious early Coppola film of a muscial that was already dated by the time the cameras rolled.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2003

Astaire gives a dignified performance as the Irish immigrant with the leprechaun's pot of gold, Clarke is good as his feisty daughter, and the songs are hugely enjoyable.

Full Review | May 24, 2003

It's Fred Astaire's last musical and a sorry farewell.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000