If you like the jazz/swing music of yesteryear you will really enjoy this movie. Steve Allen plays the part of Goodman almost like two different people. He is extremely awkward in anything not related to music and unbelievably comfortable where music is involved. This might have been a true representation of Goodman himself. Donna Reed is wonderful. She has the clean cut beauty that you really don't see in many of the female stars of today. I believe many men could fall in love with her. The thing that makes this movie is the music. How often to you get to hear and see the great jazz/swing artists that have parts in the movie. I particularly enjoyed Teddy Wilson. He was a great artist. Although the movie took many liberties on Goodman's life it's typical of this time in Hollywood.
Review of The Benny Goodman Story
