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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAn unmissable big-screen experience.
- It's a film whose four parts cover the seasons from summer to spring but is truly a film for all seasons and all time.
- 100Time OutTime OutA heavenly slice of brassy Hollywood romanticism that’ll still have you swooning all the way to the trolley stop.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineMinnelli proves his eye for detail and captures the era and its values in richly colored, gentle images, displaying a startling balance of emotions from scene to scene, song to song.
- 88Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonVincente Minnelli’s most acclaimed musical, Meet Me in St. Louis is a fresh breath of stale air, a tart ode to nostalgia.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAn ambitious nostalgia piece with a broad emotional palette.
- 80The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherVincente Minnelli, in his direction, has got all the period charm out of ladies dressed in flowing creations, gentlemen in straw "boaters" and ice-cream pants, rooms lush with golden-oak wains-coating, ormolu decorations and red-plush chairs.
- 75LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenLarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenA paean to the nuclear family and the fertile soil where it ostensibly grows best—the American Midwest—Meet Me in St. Louis would feel a bit claustrophobic, if not cultish, if it weren’t for Vincente Minnelli’s elegant camerawork and Judy Garland’s spiky performance.