Review – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

This is the best cornball musical ever made about how Democrat and Republican factions in a small town in the Dakotas react to the presidential race between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland in 1888. Of course, as this is likely the only such movie ever made, by default it’s also the worst. This is one of those movies that’s so indescribably bad it becomes amusing in a surreal sort of way, much like The Apple Dumpling Gang and other live-action movies from the same era in Disney history. In this one we have the added bonus of seeing young Leslie Ann Warren and even younger Kurt Russell playing roles that even at the time they must have known would end up being humiliating. We even get a brief, one-line appearance from Goldie Hawn, credited as “Giggly Girl.” If I were as rich as Bill Gates, I’d fund a Broadway version of this movie. It has more than enough stupid kitsch value to make it a big success. Mildly amusing