Review – The Kid from Brooklyn

As is typical with Danny Kaye movies, when the comedian is left alone to do physical comedy or one of his legendary musical numbers, this is an entertaining if not especially edifying production. But again as typical, the rest of the movie stinks. The story is some drivel about a ne’er-do-well milkman who accidentally helps knock out a prizefighter and thus – through the usual series of dumb twists – ends up becoming a boxer himself. Though Kaye fans will want to give it a look, this isn’t his finest moment. Indeed, even some of the funny parts keep going and going long after they’ve become completely predictable. The “Pavlova” number is also a poor relative of the Kaye solos from other movies. Overall I guess I’ve seen worse, but this isn’t one I want to watch over and over again. Mildly amusing